Eastbourne Eagles Season 1978

Compiled by Dave Allan First published March 2016 Last updated October 2016 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This file was made possible thanks to the invaluable contributions of the following:

Steve Wilkes & Gary Done (Ellesmere Port & 1978 Speedway Mails) Arnie Gibbons (Reading) Stuart Staite-Aris & associates (Coventry) Mark Fellows (Wolverhampton) Mike Hunter (Edinburgh) Matt Jackson (Sheffield) Brian Collins (Internationals) Neil Fife (Newcastle) Mark Aspinell (Rye House) David Housely (Various) Gary Weldon (Boston) Keith Corns (Various) Steve Ashley (Boston & Leicester) Phil Hood (Newcastle) John (Hull) Paul Dunn (Cradley Heath) Colin Jewes & Phil Johnson (Cradley Heath) Steve Andrews (Barrow)

The knowledgable members of the British Speedway Forum and the Easy, Tiger! Forum

RACECARDS The following notation is in use throughout this file: R/R Rider replacement N Rider replaced by reserve TS Rider replaced by tactical substitute R Rider did not finish for reason other than fall or exclusion EF Rider suffered engine failure and failed to finish F Rider fell and did not remount FX Rider fell and was excluded from race or rerun FN Rider fell and was unable to take his place in rerun E Rider excluded for starting offence (including tape touching & breaking, delaying start, etc.) M Rider excluded under two minute rule X Rider excluded for any other reason not E or M. Reason for exclusion noted where known. NS Rider failed to start but was not excluded or replaced NTR New track record ETR Equals track record (guest) Rider is making a ‘full and proper’ guest appearance (loanee) Rider has been borrowed from home track to make up the team

Some reserve replacement rides (N) may in fact have been tactical substitute (TS) rides. Due to the difficulty in ascertaining this information, only proven tactical substitute rides are recorded. Reruns are not assumed, they are only recorded where reported. 1978 Season File - Revisions in October 2016 update # Revised on Meeting Revision 1 18/10/2016 17/09/1978 Eastbourne: Great Britain v Denmark Great Britain: Corrected #5 Phil Collins (was Peter Collins) Eastbourne Eagles 1978 Date Home Away Event Result Notes 25/03/1978 Canterbury Eastbourne South Coast Cup L1 37-41 26/03/1978 Eastbourne Canterbury South Coast Cup L2 50-28 02/04/1978 Eastbourne Oxford National League 51-27 09/04/1978 Eastbourne Peterborough National League 46-32 16/04/1978 Eastbourne Scunthorpe National League 56-22 21/04/1978 Ellesmere Port Eastbourne National League 48-30 23/04/1978 Eastbourne Weymouth National League 49-26 30/04/1978 Eastbourne Milton Keynes National League 61-17 07/05/1978 Boston Eastbourne National League 40-38 14/05/1978 Eastbourne Workington National League 54-23 19/05/1978 Edinburgh Eastbourne National League 32-46 21/05/1978 Eastbourne Barrow National League 54-24 23/05/1978 Weymouth Eastbourne National League 28-50 26/05/1978 Eastbourne Hull Inter-Divisional KOC R1 32-45 27/05/1978 Canterbury Canterbury v Crayford v Eastbourne v Rye House NL 4TT QR d1 34 v 20 v 22 v 20 28/05/1978 Eastbourne Eastbourne v Rye House v Crayford v Canterbury NL 4TT QR d2 37 v 26 v 04 v 29 29/05/1978 Rye House Rye House v Canterbury v Crayford v Eastbourne NL 4TT QR d3 23 v 26 v 16 v 31 30/05/1978 Crayford Crayford v Eastbourne v Canterbury v Rye House NL 4TT QR d4 19 v 34 v 20 v 23 04/06/1978 Eastbourne Newcastle National League 42-35 05/06/1978 Newcastle Eastbourne National League 40-38 06/06/1978 Barrow Eastbourne National League 39-39 11/06/1978 Eastbourne Scunthorpe NL KOC R2 L1 57-21 12/06/1978 Scunthorpe Eastbourne NL KOC R2 L2 28-47 18/06/1978 Eastbourne Berwick National League 61-17 25/06/1978 Eastbourne Stoke National League 56-20 30/06/1978 Peterborough Eastbourne National League 47-31 02/07/1978 Eastbourne Reading Inter-League Challenge 35-43 03/07/1978 Scunthorpe Eastbourne National League Rained Off 07/07/1978 Eastbourne Edinburgh National League 46-31 08/07/1978 Stoke Eastbourne National League Rained Off 16/07/1978 Eastbourne Glasgow National League 57-21 23/07/1978 Eastbourne Boston National League 42-35 28/07/1978 Workington Eastbourne National League 43-35 29/07/1978 Berwick Eastbourne National League 46-32 30/07/1978 Peterborough Eastbourne v Ellesmere Port v Weymouth v Canterbury NL 4TT SF2 08 v 12 v 12 v 16 02/08/1978 Mildenhall Eastbourne National League Rained Off Eastbourne Eagles 1978 Date Home Away Event Result Notes 04/08/1978 Glasgow Eastbourne National League 45-33 06/08/1978 Eastbourne Peterborough NL KOC R3 L1 45-30 11/08/1978 Peterborough Eastbourne NL KOC R3 L2 39-38 13/08/1978 Eastbourne Mildenhall National League 54-24 16/08/1978 Mildenhall Eastbourne National League 38-40 20/08/1978 Eastbourne Ellesmere Port National League 46-32 24/08/1978 Teesside Eastbourne National League 33-45 27/08/1978 Eastbourne Rye House National League 54-24 27/08/1978 Eastbourne Oxford NL KOC SF L1 56-22 28/08/1978 Rye House Eastbourne National League 42-36 29/08/1978 Crayford Eastbourne National League 34-44 03/09/1978 Eastbourne Eastbourne v White City v Southern Tigers v Wimbledon Four Team 19 v 41 v 11 v 25 07/09/1978 Oxford Eastbourne NL KOC SF L2 32-45 10/09/1978 Eastbourne Teesside National League 57-20 10/09/1978 Eastbourne Crayford National League 58-20 17/09/1978 Eastbourne Great Britain v Denmark Second Test 53-55 19/09/1978 Milton Keynes Eastbourne National League 21-21 A Aban Ht 7 - track conditions 24/09/1978 Eastbourne Sussex Open Championship Individual John Davis 01/10/1978 Eastbourne Canterbury National League 48-29 05/10/1978 Oxford Eastbourne National League 42-36 07/10/1978 Canterbury Eastbourne National League 45-33 08/10/1978 Eastbourne Poole Colin Goody Testimonial 42-47 14/10/1978 Stoke Eastbourne National League 48-30 15/10/1978 Eastbourne Newcastle Challenge 45-32 16/10/1978 Scunthorpe Eastbourne National League 37-41 17/10/1978 Milton Keynes Eastbourne National League 42-35 22/10/1978 Eastbourne Rye House NL KOC Final L1 46-32 29/10/1978 Rye House Eastbourne NL KOC Final L2 41-37 Canterbury Crusaders v Eastbourne Eagles Saturday 25th March 1978 (South Coast Cup, 1st Leg)

Canterbury Crusaders 37 TOT BP 1. Steve Koppe 2 2 1 2 7 0 2. Bob Spelta F 0 0 N 0 0 3. Les Rumsey 2 2* 1 0 5 1 4. Barney Kennett 2* 0 2* 1* 5 3 5. Graham Banks 3 2 3 3 11 0 6. Graham Clifton 0 1* N 1 1 7. Brendan Shilleto 3 3 2 X 0 8 0

Eastbourne Eagles 41 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 2 14 0 2. Paul Woods 1 1 1 0 2* 5 1 3. David Kennett R/R 4. Roger Abel 0 0 3 1* 4 1 5. Eric Dugard 1 3 1 2* 0 7 1 6. Steve Naylor 2 1 3 1 3 10 0 7. John Barker 1* 0 N 1 1

Ht. 01: Sampson, Koppe, Woods, Spelta (fell), 77.4 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: Shilleto, Naylor, Barker, Clifton, 78.6 3 - 3 5 - 7 Ht. 03: Banks, B. Kennett, Dugard, Abel, 79.2 5 - 1 10 - 8 Ht. 04: Sampson, Rumsey, Clifton, Barker, 77.6 3 - 3 13 - 11 Ht. 05: Sampson, Banks, Woods, B. Kennett, 76.8 2 - 4 15 - 15 Ht. 06: Dugard, Koppe, Naylor, Spelta, 77.0 2 - 4 17 - 19 Ht. 07: Shilleto, Rumsey, Dugard, Abel, 76.8 5 - 1 22 - 20 Ht. 08: Naylor, Shilleto, Woods, Spelta, 72.2 2 - 4 24 - 24 Ht. 09: Banks, B. Kennett, Naylor, Woods, 76.0 5 - 1 29 - 25 Ht. 10: Abel, Dugard, Koppe, Shilleto (exc), 75.8 1 - 5 30 - 30 Ht. 11: Sampson, Woods, Rumsey, Shilleto, 75.8 1 - 5 31 - 35 Ht. 12: Naylor, Koppe, B. Kennett, Dugard, 75.4 3 - 3 34 - 38 Ht. 13: Banks, Sampson, Abel, Rumsey, 75.2 3 - 3 37 - 41 Eastbourne Eagles v Canterbury Crusaders Sunday 26th March 1978 (South Coast Cup, 2nd Leg)

Eastbourne Eagles 50 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 2. Paul Woods 2* 2* 3 F 7 2 3. David Kennett R/R 4. Roger Abel 3 2* FX 2* 7 2 5. Eric Dugard F 3 2* 3 F 8 1 6. Steve Naylor 3 2* 3 2 10 1 7. Mike Pither 0 1 1* 2 1 8. Colin Ackroyd 1 1 0

Canterbury Crusaders 28 TOT BP 1. Steve Koppe 1 F 2 3 3 9 0 2. Bob Spelta 0 1 TS 0 1 0 3. Les Rumsey F 1 1* 0 2 1 4. Barney Kennett 2 1 2 2 2* 9 1 5. Brendan Shilleto 1* 0 1* 1 3 2 6. Dave Johnson 1* 0 0 TS 1 1 7. Graham Clifton 2 1 M 3 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Woods, Koppe, Spelta, 63.4 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Naylor, Clifton, Johnson, Pither (f, rem), 64.2 3 - 3 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Abel, B. Kennett, Shilleto, Dugard (fell), 64.0 3 - 3 11 - 7 Ht. 04: Sampson, Naylor, Clifton, Rumsey (fell), 63.0 5 - 1 16 - 8 Ht. 05: Dugard, Abel, Spelta, Koppe (fell), 64.2 5 - 1 21 - 9 Ht. 06: Sampson, Woods, Rumsey, Johnson, 63.0 5 - 1 26 - 10 Ht. 07: Naylor, Dugard, B. Kennett, Shilleto, 62.6 5 - 1 31 - 11 Ht. 08: Woods, B. Kennett, Pither, Johnson (f, rem), Clifton (exc, 2 mins), 64.0 4 - 2 35 - 13 Ht. 09: Dugard, Koppe, Rumsey, Abel (f, exc), 63.4 3 - 3 38 - 16 Ht. 10: Sampson, B. Kennett, Shilleto, Woods (fell), 62.4 3 - 3 41 - 19 Ht. 11: Koppe, Naylor, Pither, Spelta, 63.6 3 - 3 44 - 22 Ht. 12: Sampson, Abel, Shilleto, Rumsey, 63.6 5 - 1 49 - 23 Ht. 13: Koppe, B. Kennett, Ackroyd, Dugard (fell), 64.6 1 - 5 50 - 28

Eastbourne win 91-65 on aggregate. Eastbourne Eagles v Oxford Cheetahs Sunday 2nd April 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 51 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2* 3 2 3 2* 12 2 2. Paul Woods 3 1* FX 1 5 1 3. David Kennett R/R 4. Roger Abel F 2* 3 3 8 1 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 2* N 8 1 6. Steve Naylor 3 2* 3 3 11 1 7. John Barker 0 2 1* 3 1 8. Colin Ackroyd 1 2 1 4 0

Oxford Cheetahs 27 TOT BP 1. Carl Askew 1 1 3 3 2 10 0 2. Mick Handley 0 N TS N 0 0 3. Colin Meredith 1 0 1 0 2 0 4. Brian Leonard 1* F 0 FX 1 1 5. Pip Lamb 2 3 2 2 1 10 0 6. John Hack 1* F TS FX 0 1 1 7. Les Sawyer 2 F 1 FN 3 0

Ht. 01: Woods, Sampson, Askew, Handley, 62.4 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Naylor, Sawyer, Hack, Barker, 61.2 3 - 3 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Dugard, Lamb, Leonard, Abel (fell), 61.2 3 - 3 11 - 7 Ht. 04: Sampson, Naylor, Meredith, Sawyer (fell), 61.2 5 - 1 16 - 8 Ht. 05: Dugard, Abel, Askew, Hack (fell), 62.6 5 - 1 21 - 9 Ht. 06: Lamb, Sampson, Woods, Meredith, 63.0 3 - 3 24 - 12 Ht. 07: Naylor, Lamb, Ackroyd, Leonard (fell), 61.6 4 - 2 28 - 14 Ht. 08: Askew, Barker, Sawyer, Woods (f, exc), 63.0 2 - 4 30 - 18 Ht. 09: Abel, Dugard, Meredith, Hack (f, exc), 63.4 5 - 1 35 - 19 Ht. 10: Sampson, Lamb, Woods, Leonard, 64.4 4 - 2 39 - 21 Ht. 11: Askew, Ackroyd, Barker, Hack, Sawyer (f, ns), 65.0 3 - 3 42 - 24 Ht. 12: Abel, Sampson, Lamb, Meredith, 62.4 5 - 1 47 - 25 Ht. 13: Naylor, Askew, Ackroyd, Leonard (f, exc), 64.6 4 - 2 51 - 27 Eastbourne Eagles v Peterborough Panthers Sunday 9th April 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 46 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Paul Woods FX 2* 0 N 2 1 3. Steve Naylor 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Roger Abel 1 3 2 2* 8 1 5. Eric Dugard 0 X 1* 1 2 1 6. Colin Ackroyd 3 1 0 1 5 0 7. John Barker 2* 3 FX N 5 1

Peterborough Panthers 32 TOT BP 1. Nigel Flatman M 2 1* 0 2 5 1 2. Steve Taylor 1* 1* TS TS 2 2 3. Andy Hines 2 1 2 3 1 9 0 4. Brian Clark 3 1* 0 1* 0 5 2 5. Ian Clark 2* 2 2 2 0 8 1 6. Nigel Couzens 2 EF 0 TS 2 0 7. Peter Spink 1 X TS 1 0

Ht. 01: (rerun) Sampson, Couzens, Taylor, Woods (f, exc), Flatman (exc, 2 mins), 63.6 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Ackroyd, Barker, Spink, Couzens (ef), 63.4 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: B. Clark, I. Clark, Abel, Dugard, 64.0 1 - 5 9 - 9 Ht. 04: (rerun) Naylor, Hines, Ackroyd, Spink (exc), 63.0 4 - 2 13 - 11 Ht. 05: (rerun) Abel, Flatman, Taylor, Dugard (exc), 63.2 3 - 3 16 - 14 Ht. 06: Sampson, Woods, Hines, Couzens, 63.2 5 - 1 21 - 15 Ht. 07: Naylor, I. Clark, B. Clark, Ackroyd, 62.4 3 - 3 24 - 18 Ht. 08: Barker, Hines, Flatman, Woods, 64.4 3 - 3 27 - 21 Ht. 09: Hines, Abel, Dugard, B. Clark, 64.4 3 - 3 30 - 24 Ht. 10: (rerun) Sampson, I. Clark, B. Clark, Barker (f, exc), 62.6 3 - 3 33 - 27 Ht. 11: Naylor, I. Clark, Ackroyd, Flatman, 62.0 4 - 2 37 - 29 Ht. 12: Sampson, Abel, Hines, I. Clark, 62.8 5 - 1 42 - 30 Ht. 13: Naylor, Flatman, Dugard, B. Clark, 62.4 4 - 2 46 - 32 Eastbourne Eagles v Scunthorpe Saints Sunday 16th April 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 56 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2 3 3 3 2* 13 1 2. Paul Woods 1* 2* 2 1 6 2 3. David Kennett R/R 4. Roger Abel 2* 1 2* 1 2* 8 3 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 3 3 12 0 6. Steve Naylor 3 3 3 3 12 0 7. John Barker 2* FX N 2 1 8. Colin Ackroyd 2* 1 3 1

Scunthorpe Saints 22 TOT BP 1. Nicky Allott 3 2 3 2 1 11 0 2. Phil White 0 0 1 0 1 0 3. Trevor Whiting 1 1 0 1 EF 3 0 4. Danny Young 0 0 0 TS 0 0 5. Pip Lamb (guest) 1 2 1 2 N 6 0 6. John Priest F 0 TS 0 0 7. Danny Boyle 1 0 TS 0 1 0

Ht. 01: Allott, Sampson, Woods, White, 63.4 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Naylor, Barker, Boyle, Priest (fell), 61.0 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Dugard, Abel, Lamb, Young, 61.4 5 - 1 13 - 5 Ht. 04: Naylor, Ackroyd, Whiting, Boyle, 60.6 5 - 1 18 - 6 Ht. 05: Dugard, Allott, Abel, White, 61.2 4 - 2 22 - 8 Ht. 06: Sampson, Woods, Whiting, Priest, 61.4 5 - 1 27 - 9 Ht. 07: Naylor, Lamb, Ackroyd, Young, 61.6 4 - 2 31 - 11 Ht. 08: Allott, Woods, White, Barker (f, exc), 60.6 2 - 4 33 - 15 Ht. 09: Dugard, Abel, Lamb, Whiting, 62.2 5 - 1 38 - 16 Ht. 10: Sampson, Lamb, Woods, Young, 61.2 4 - 2 42 - 18 Ht. 11: Naylor, Allott, Abel, White, 61.2 4 - 2 46 - 20 Ht. 12: Sampson, Abel, Whiting, Boyle, 63.0 5 - 1 51 - 21 Ht. 13: Dugard, Sampson, Allott, Whiting (ef), 61.4 5 - 1 56 - 22 Ellesmere Port Gunners v Eastbourne Eagles Friday 21st April 1978 (National League)

Ellesmere Port Gunners 48 TOT BP 1. John Jackson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Steve Taylor 1 2* 0 1 4 1 3. Steve Finch 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. John Williams 2 1 2 1 6 0 5. Phil Collins 0 0 1* 1 2 1 6. Louis Carr 3 2* 1 6 1 7. Pete Ellams 2* 3 1 6 1

Eastbourne Eagles 30 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2 1 3 3 2 2 13 0 2. Paul Woods 0 2* 1 1* 0 4 2 3. David Kennett R/R 4. Roger Abel 1 0 0 N 1 0 5. Eric Dugard 3 2 2 2 2 11 0 6. Steve Naylor 1 0 FX 1 0 7. John Barker 0 0 TS 0 0 0 0

Ht. 01: Jackson, Sampson, Taylor, Woods, 73.8 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: Carr, Ellams, Naylor, Barker, 75.4 5 - 1 9 - 3 Ht. 03: Dugard, Williams, Abel, Collins, 74.8 2 - 4 11 - 7 Ht. 04: Finch, Carr, Sampson, Barker, 75.0 5 - 1 16 - 8 Ht. 05: Sampson, Woods, Williams, Collins, 75.4 1 - 5 17 - 13 Ht. 06: Jackson, Taylor, Woods, Naylor, 73.8 5 - 1 22 - 14 Ht. 07: Finch, Dugard, Carr, Abel, 74.2 4 - 2 26 - 16 Ht. 08: Ellams, Dugard, Woods, Taylor, 75.0 3 - 3 29 - 19 Ht. 09: Sampson, Williams, Collins, Naylor (f, exc), 75.6 3 - 3 32 - 22 Ht. 10: Jackson, Dugard, Taylor, Abel, 73.2 4 - 2 36 - 24 Ht. 11: Finch, Sampson, Ellams, Woods, 75.2 4 - 2 40 - 26 Ht. 12: Jackson, Dugard, Williams, Barker, 74.0 4 - 2 44 - 28 Ht. 13: Finch, Sampson, Collins, Barker, 75.2 4 - 2 48 - 30 Eastbourne Eagles v Weymouth Wildcats Sunday 23rd April 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 49 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 2 11 0 2. Paul Woods 2* 1 2 1 6 1 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Roger Abel 3 1* 3 1* 8 2 5. Eric Dugard X 2 2* 2* 6 2 6. John Barker 3 F N 1* 4 1 7. Colin Ackroyd 2* R N 0 2 1

Weymouth Wildcats 26 TOT BP 1. Malcolm Corradine 0 0 1* R 1 1 2. Malcolm Shakespeare 1 3 3 2 9 0 3. Sean Willmott 2 2 1* 1 0 6 1 4. Danny Kennedy R 2 2 3 1 8 0 5. Geoff Swindells X TS N TS 0 0 6. Gary Ford FX FX 0 0 0 7. Mick Conroy 1 1* 0 0 2 1

Ht. 01: Sampson, Woods, Shakespeare, Corradine, 62.2 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Barker, Ackroyd, Conroy, Ford (f, exc), 64.4 5 - 1 10 - 2 Ht. 03: Abel, Kennedy (ret), Dugard (exc), Swindells (exc), 63.4 3 - 0 13 - 2 Ht. 04: Kennett, Willmott, Conroy, Barker (fell), 62.2 3 - 3 16 - 5 Ht. 05: Shakespeare, Dugard, Abel, Corradine, 63.2 3 - 3 19 - 8 Ht. 06: Sampson, Willmott, Woods, Ford (f, exc), 61.6 4 - 2 23 - 10 Ht. 07: Kennett, Kennedy, Willmott, Ackroyd (ret), 61.6 3 - 3 26 - 13 Ht. 08: Shakespeare, Woods, Barker, Conroy, 63.2 3 - 3 29 - 16 Ht. 09: Abel, Dugard, Willmott, Ford, 63.6 5 - 1 34 - 17 Ht. 10: Sampson, Kennedy, Woods, Conroy, 62.2 4 - 2 38 - 19 Ht. 11: Kennett, Shakespeare, Corradine, Ackroyd, 62.0 3 - 3 41 - 22 Ht. 12: Kennedy, Sampson, Abel, Willmott, 61.8 3 - 3 44 - 25 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Kennedy, Corradine (ret), 62.4 5 - 1 49 - 26 Eastbourne Eagles v Milton Keynes Knights Sunday 30th April 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 61 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2* 3 3 3 11 1 2. Paul Woods 3 2* 3 R 8 1 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 2* 11 1 4. Roger Abel 1 2* 2* 2* 7 3 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 3 3 12 0 6. Colin Ackroyd 2* 2* 1 5 2 7. John Barker 3 2* 2* 7 2

Milton Keynes Knights 17 TOT BP 1. Phil Bass 1 0 R 1 0 TS 2 0 2. Harry MacLean 0 TS 0 1 F 1 0 3. Cliff Anderson 0 0 EF N 0 0 4. Roy Carter R/R 5. Andy Grahame 2 1 N 2 1 1 7 0 6. Derek Harrison 1 1 2 1 1* 0 6 1 7. Kevin Cox 0 1 TS 1 0 8. Mike Pither (loanee) 0 0 0

Ht. 01: Woods, Sampson, Bass, MacLean, 62.4 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Barker, Ackroyd, Harrison, Cox, 62.8 5 - 1 10 - 2 Ht. 03: Dugard, Grahame, Abel, Bass, 62.0 4 - 2 14 - 4 Ht. 04: Kennett, Ackroyd, Cox, Anderson, 61.4 5 - 1 19 - 5 Ht. 05: Dugard, Abel, Grahame, Bass (ret), 62.0 5 - 1 24 - 6 Ht. 06: Sampson, Woods, Harrison, Anderson, 63.4 5 - 1 29 - 7 Ht. 07: Kennett, Harrison, Ackroyd, Pither, 63.0 4 - 2 33 - 9 Ht. 08: Woods, Barker, Bass, MacLean, 62.6 5 - 1 38 - 10 Ht. 09: Dugard, Abel, Harrison, Anderson (ef), 63.4 5 - 1 43 - 11 Ht. 10: Sampson, Grahame, Harrison, Woods (ret), 62.4 3 - 3 46 - 14 Ht. 11: Kennett, Barker, MacLean, Bass, 62.2 5 - 1 51 - 15 Ht. 12: Sampson, Abel, Grahame, Harrison, 62.6 5 - 1 56 - 16 Ht. 13: Dugard, Kennett, Grahame, MacLean (fell), 61.4 5 - 1 61 - 17 National League Table Up to and including Sunday 30th April Home Away Overall P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Ellesmere Port 5 5 0 0 239 150 10 4 2 0 2 161 151 4 9 7 0 2 390 311 79 14 +4 2 Peterborough 5 5 0 0 264 125 10 4 1 0 3 175 137 2 9 6 0 3 401 300 101 12 +2 3 Eastbourne 5 5 0 0 263 124 10 1 0 0 1 48 30 0 6 5 0 1 293 172 121 10 0 4 Canterbury 4 4 0 0 202 110 8 2 1 0 1 70 86 2 6 5 0 1 288 180 108 10 +2 5 Edinburgh 4 4 0 0 214 96 8 3 1 0 2 142 92 2 7 5 0 2 306 238 68 10 +2 6 Rye House 3 3 0 0 150 84 6 2 1 0 1 75 79 2 5 4 0 1 229 159 70 8 +2 7 Berwick 4 4 0 0 216 96 8 2 0 0 2 105 50 0 6 4 0 2 266 201 65 8 0 8 Weymouth 4 4 0 0 206 105 8 2 0 0 2 104 49 0 6 4 0 2 255 209 46 8 0 9 Oxford 1 1 0 0 57 21 2 5 2 1 2 206 183 5 6 3 1 2 240 227 13 7 +5 10 Newcastle 4 3 0 1 166 145 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 166 145 21 6 -2 11 Teesside 3 3 0 0 134 99 6 5 0 0 5 261 129 0 8 3 0 5 263 360 -97 6 0 12 Crayford 3 2 0 1 129 102 4 3 0 1 2 138 95 1 6 2 1 3 224 240 -16 5 -1 13 Mildenhall 3 1 0 2 125 109 2 4 1 0 3 145 165 2 7 2 0 5 290 254 36 4 -2 14 Glasgow 2 2 0 0 98 55 4 2 0 0 2 93 62 0 4 2 0 2 160 148 12 4 0 15 Stoke 2 2 0 0 113 43 4 3 0 0 3 159 74 0 5 2 0 3 187 202 -15 4 0 16 Scunthorpe 2 1 1 0 89 67 3 3 0 1 2 151 83 1 5 1 2 2 172 218 -46 4 0 17 Boston 3 1 1 1 118 115 3 5 0 0 5 276 110 0 8 1 1 6 228 391 -163 3 -3 18 Workington 2 1 0 1 84 72 2 4 0 0 4 202 109 0 6 1 0 5 193 274 -81 2 -2 19 Barrow 4 1 0 3 122 189 2 7 0 0 7 360 186 0 11 1 0 10 308 549 -241 2 -6 20 Milton Keynes 1 0 1 0 39 39 1 3 0 0 3 157 76 0 4 0 1 3 115 196 -81 1 -1 Boston Barracudas v Eastbourne Eagles Sunday 7th May 1978 (National League)

Boston Barracudas 40 TOT BP 1. Tony Boyle 0 F N N 0 0 2. Dave Allen 2 3 3 1 9 0 3. Paul Gilbert 2* 1 3 EF 6 1 4. Stuart Cope 2 1* 0 EF 3 1 5. Steve Clarke 1* 2 3 3 9 1 6. Ron Cooper 3 3 0 3 1 10 0 7. Keith Bloxsome 1 2* 0 3 1

Eastbourne Eagles 38 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 E 2* 2 10 1 2. Paul Woods 1 0 FX TS 1 0 3. David Kennett EF 1* 2 1* TS 4 2 4. Roger Abel 0 2* N 1* 3 2 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 2 3 11 0 6. John Barker F 2 1* 3 1 7. Colin Ackroyd 2 1 1 0 2 6 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Allen, Woods, Boyle (f, rem), 65.4 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: Cooper, Ackroyd, Bloxsome, Barker (fell), 66.2 4 - 2 6 - 6 Ht. 03: Dugard, Cope, Clarke, Abel, 66.0 3 - 3 9 - 9 Ht. 04: Cooper, Gilbert, Ackroyd, Kennett (ef), 65.2 5 - 1 14 - 10 Ht. 05: Sampson, Clarke, Cope, Woods, 66.0 3 - 3 17 - 13 Ht. 06: Allen, Barker, Kennett, Boyle (fell), 66.4 3 - 3 20 - 16 Ht. 07: Dugard, Abel, Gilbert, Cooper, 66.2 1 - 5 21 - 21 Ht. 08: (rerun) Allen, Bloxsome, Ackroyd, Woods (f,exc), 66.4 5 - 1 26 - 22 Ht. 09: Clarke, Kennett, Barker, Cope, 66.0 3 - 3 29 - 25 Ht. 10: Cooper, Dugard, Allen, Ackroyd, 65.2 4 - 2 33 - 27 Ht. 11: Gilbert, Ackroyd, Kennett, Bloxsome, Sampson (exc, tapes), 66.6 3 - 3 36 - 30 Ht. 12: Dugard, Sampson, Cooper, Cope (ef), 66.8 1 - 5 37 - 35 Ht. 13: Clarke, Sampson, Abel, Gilbert (ef), 66.0 3 - 3 40 - 38 Eastbourne Eagles v Workington Comets Sunday 14th May 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 54 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Paul Woods 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4 3. David Kennett 2 3 EF 3 8 0 4. Roger Abel 3 3 2 2* 10 1 5. Eric Dugard F N 1* 2* 3 2 6. Colin Ackroyd 1 0 N 1 0 7. Steve Naylor 3 2* 2* 3 2 12 2

Workington Comets 23 TOT BP 1. Brian Havelock FX N FX 1 N 1 0 2. David Coles FX FX TS TS 0 0 3. Arthur Price 3 1 3 3 1 11 0 4. Robert Maxfield 1* 1 0 1 1 4 1 5. Ian Hindle 2 0 0 0 2 0 6. Mark Dickinson F FX TS 0 0 7. Mike Pither (loanee) 2 1 1 1 0 5 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Woods, Havelock (f, exc), Coles (f, exc), 63.6 5 - 0 5 - 0 Ht. 02: Naylor, Pither, Ackroyd, Dickinson (fell), 65.0 4 - 2 9 - 2 Ht. 03: Abel, Hindle, Maxfield, Dugard (fell), 62.2 3 - 3 12 - 5 Ht. 04: Price, Kennett, Pither, Ackroyd (f, rem), 61.0 2 - 4 14 - 9 Ht. 05: Abel, Naylor, Pither, Coles (f, exc), 61.6 5 - 1 19 - 10 Ht. 06: Sampson, Woods, Price, Dickinson (f, exc), 60.4 5 - 1 24 - 11 Ht. 07: Kennett, Naylor, Maxfield, Hindle, 62.2 5 - 1 29 - 12 Ht. 08: Naylor, Woods, Pither, Havelock (f, exc), 61.8 5 - 1 34 - 13 Ht. 09: Price, Abel, Dugard, Maxfield, 62.4 3 - 3 37 - 16 Ht. 10: Sampson, Woods, Maxfield, Hindle, 62.2 5 - 1 42 - 17 Ht. 11: Price, Naylor, Havelock, Kennett (ef), 63.0 2 - 4 44 - 21 Ht. 12: Sampson, Abel, Price, Hindle, 62.2 5 - 1 49 - 22 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Maxfield, Pither, 62.4 5 - 1 54 - 23 Edinburgh Monarchs v Eastbourne Eagles Friday 19th May 1978 (National League)

Edinburgh Monarchs 32 TOT BP 1. Brian Collins 1* 0 0 0 1 1 2. Dave Trownson 2 2 1* 1 0 6 1 3. Rob Hollingworth 3 1 3 2 2 11 0 4. Bert Harkins 0 1* TS 1 2 1 5. Steve McDermott 2 2 2 1 1* 8 1 6. Alan Bridgett 1 0 N 1 0 7. Alan Morrison 3 F TS TS 3 0

Eastbourne Eagles 46 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Paul Woods 0 EF N N 0 0 3. David Kennett 2 1 2 2* 7 1 4. Eric Dugard 1 2* 3 FX 6 1 5. Roger Abel 3 3 2* 3 11 1 6. Steve Naylor 2 3 3 0 1 9 0 7. John Barker F 1* F 1 1

Ht. 01: Sampson, Trownson, Collins, Woods (f, rem), 66.6 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Morrison, Naylor, Bridgett, Barker (f, rem, fell), 68.4 4 - 2 7 - 5 Ht. 03: Abel, McDermott, Dugard, Harkins, 67.6 2 - 4 9 - 9 Ht. 04: Hollingworth, Kennett, Barker, Bridgett, 69.0 3 - 3 12 - 12 Ht. 05: Sampson, McDermott, Harkins, Woods (ef), 68.6 3 - 3 15 - 15 Ht. 06: Naylor, Trownson, Kennett, Collins, 69.0 2 - 4 17 - 19 Ht. 07: Abel, Dugard, Hollingworth, Morrison (fell), 68.0 1 - 5 18 - 24 Ht. 08: Naylor, McDermott, Trownson, Barker (fell), 68.6 3 - 3 21 - 27 Ht. 09: Hollingworth, Kennett, McDermott, Naylor, 68.4 4 - 2 25 - 29 Ht. 10: Dugard, Abel, Trownson, Collins, 68.8 1 - 5 26 - 34 Ht. 11: Sampson, Hollingworth, Naylor, Trownson, 68.8 2 - 4 28 - 38 Ht. 12: Abel, Kennett, Harkins, Collins, 68.0 1 - 5 29 - 43 Ht. 13: Sampson, Hollingworth, McDermott, Dugard (f, exc), 69.6 3 - 3 32 - 46 Eastbourne Eagles v Barrow Furness Flyers Sunday 21st May 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 54 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Paul Woods 1 F EF 0 1 0 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Steve Naylor 2* 2* 3 2* 9 3 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 2* 2* 10 2 6. Colin Ackroyd 2* 1 1 4 1 7. John Barker 3 1 2* 6 1

Barrow Furness Flyers 24 TOT BP 1. Charlie Monk 2 1 3 1 0 7 0 2. Malcolm Bedkober R/R 3. Geoff Pusey 2 2 1 1 6 0 4. Chris Roynon 1 2 2* 2 1 8 1 5. Andy Reid 0 F 1* FX N 1 1 6. Des Wilson 0 0 1* 0 0 1 1 7. Mark Courtney 1 0 TS 1 0 8. Gary Pottenger 0 0 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Monk, Woods, Pottenger, 61.4 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: Barker, Ackroyd, Courtney, Wilson, 63.2 5 - 1 9 - 3 Ht. 03: Dugard, Naylor, Roynon, Reid, 60.6 5 - 1 14 - 4 Ht. 04: Kennett, Pusey, Ackroyd, Courtney, 62.4 4 - 2 18 - 6 Ht. 05: Dugard, Naylor, Monk, Wilson, 62.6 5 - 1 23 - 7 Ht. 06: Sampson, Pusey, Wilson, Woods (fell), 61.8 3 - 3 26 - 10 Ht. 07: Kennett, Roynon, Ackroyd, Reid (fell), 61.6 4 - 2 30 - 12 Ht. 08: Monk, Roynon, Barker, Woods (ef), 63.0 1 - 5 31 - 17 Ht. 09: Naylor, Dugard, Pusey, Wilson, 62.4 5 - 1 36 - 18 Ht. 10: Sampson, Roynon, Reid, Woods, 61.2 3 - 3 39 - 21 Ht. 11: Kennett, Barker, Monk, Reid (f, exc), 62.4 5 - 1 44 - 22 Ht. 12: Sampson, Naylor, Pusey, Wilson, 61.6 5 - 1 49 - 23 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Roynon, Monk, 62.6 5 - 1 54 - 24 Weymouth Wildcats v Eastbourne Eagles Tuesday 23rd May 1978 (National League)

Weymouth Wildcats 28 TOT BP 1. Malcolm Corradine 0 1* 0 0 1 1 2. Malcolm Shakespeare 2 2 R 1 3 8 0 3. Danny Kennedy 3 2* 2 2 1 10 1 4. Mark Leslie 0 TS R TS 0 0 5. Geoff Swindells 2 3 2 1 0 8 0 6. Nigel Davis 0 0 0 0 0 7. Kevin Smith 1 TS 0 1 0

Eastbourne Eagles 50 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 1 3 2* 9 1 2. Paul Woods 1 0 N 1 2 0 3. David Kennett 2 0 2* 1* 5 2 4. Eric Dugard 3 3 3 3 12 0 5. Roger Abel 1 1 2* 2 6 1 6. Steve Naylor 3 3 3 3 12 0 7. John Barker 2* 1* 1 4 2

Ht. 01: Sampson, Shakespeare, Woods, Corradine, 69.6 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: Naylor, Barker, Smith, Davis, 72.5 1 - 5 3 - 9 Ht. 03: Dugard, Swindells, Abel, Leslie, 71.1 2 - 4 5 - 13 Ht. 04: Kennedy, Kennett, Barker, Davis, 70.8 3 - 3 8 - 16 Ht. 05: Swindells, Kennedy, Sampson, Woods, 70.9 5 - 1 13 - 17 Ht. 06: Naylor, Shakespeare, Corradine, Kennett, 70.9 3 - 3 16 - 20 Ht. 07: Dugard, Kennedy, Abel, Davis, 70.6 2 - 4 18 - 24 Ht. 08: Naylor, Swindells, Barker, Shakespeare (ret), 70.9 2 - 4 20 - 28 Ht. 09: Naylor, Kennett, Swindells, Leslie (ret), 70.9 1 - 5 21 - 33 Ht. 10: Dugard, Abel, Shakespeare, Corradine, 72.3 1 - 5 22 - 38 Ht. 11: Sampson, Kennedy, Woods, Smith, 71.1 2 - 4 24 - 42 Ht. 12: Shakespeare, Abel, Kennett, Corradine, 70.8 3 - 3 27 - 45 Ht. 13: Dugard, Sampson, Kennedy, Swindells, 71.9 1 - 5 28 - 50 Eastbourne Eagles v Hull Vikings Friday 26th May 1978 (Inter-Divisional Knock-out Cup 1st Round)

Eastbourne Eagles 32 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 2 2 13 0 2. Paul Woods 1 0 N 0 1 0 3. David Kennett FX 2 1 2 5 0 4. Roger Abel 0 2* TS 0 2 1 5. Eric Dugard 1 3 1 1* 6 1 6. Steve Naylor 1 FX 0 1 2 0 7. John Barker 3 0 FX 3 0

Hull Vikings 45 TOT BP 1. Ivan Mauger E EF 2* 0 2 1 2. Rod Hunter 0 1 N N 1 0 3. Graham Drury 2* 2 0 1 5 1 4. Bobby Beaton 3 3 1 3 10 0 5. Joe Owen 2* 1 3 3 9 1 6. Frank Auffret 2 1* 2* 2 7 2 7. Kelly Moran 2 EF 3 3 3 11 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Moran, Woods, Hunter, Mauger (exc, delaying start), 60.8 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: Barker, Auffret, Naylor (f, rem), Moran (ef), 62.8 4 - 2 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Beaton, Owen, Dugard, Abel, 60.6 1 - 5 9 - 9 Ht. 04: Moran, Drury, Kennett (f, exc), Naylor (f, exc), 62.0 0 - 5 9 - 14 Ht. 05: Dugard, Abel, Hunter, Mauger (ef), 62.2 5 - 1 14 - 15 Ht. 06: Sampson, Drury, Auffret, Woods, 61.0 3 - 3 17 - 18 Ht. 07: Beaton, Kennett, Owen, Naylor, 60.4 2 - 4 19 - 22 Ht. 08: Moran, Auffret, Naylor, Barker, 62.0 1 - 5 20 - 27 Ht. 09: Sampson, Auffret, Dugard, Drury, 61.4 4 - 2 24 - 29 Ht. 10: Owen, Sampson, Beaton, Woods, 62.2 2 - 4 26 - 33 Ht. 11: Moran, Mauger, Kennett, Barker (f, exc), 63.6 1 - 5 27 - 38 Ht. 12: Owen, Sampson, Drury, Abel, 62.4 2 - 4 29 - 42 Ht. 13: Beaton, Kennett, Dugard, Mauger, 61.6 3 - 3 32 - 45 Canterbury: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section D, 1st Leg Saturday 27th May 1978

Canterbury Crusaders 34 TOT 1. Graham Clifton 3 2 F 1 6 2. Barney Kennett 2 3 3 1 9 3. Steve Koppe 2 2 2 3 9 4. Les Rumsey 2 2 3 3 10 Crayford Kestrels 20 TOT 5. Laurie Etheridge 3 3 2 F 8 6. Alan Sage E 0 2 3 5 7. Richard Davey 1 2 1 1 5 8. Alan Johns 0 0 0 2 2 18. John Hooper (reserve) 0 0 Eastbourne Eagles 22 TOT 9. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 10. Eric Dugard 2 0 1 2 5 11. David Kennett 1 1 N R 2 12. Roger Abel 0 1 1 N 2 19. Steve Naylor (reserve) 1 0 1 Rye House Rockets 20 TOT 13. Kelvin Mullarkey 3 FX 2 2 7 14. Ted Hubbard 1 3 F 0 4 15. Hugh Saunders 1 1 N 2 4 16. Karl Fiala 0 1 0 N 1 20. Ashley Pullen (reserve) 3 1 4 Ca Cr Ea RH Ca Cr Ea RH Ht. 01: Etheridge, Rumsey, Hubbard, Abel, 72.2 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 Ht. 02: Mullarkey, Koppe, D. Kennett, Hooper, Sage (exc, tapes), 74.6 2 - 0 - 1 - 3 4 - 3 - 1 - 4 Ht. 03: Sampson, B. Kennett, Saunders, Johns, 74.0 2 - 0 - 3 - 1 6 - 3 - 4 - 5 Ht. 04: Clifton, Dugard, Davey, Fiala, 74.6 3 - 1 - 2 - 0 9 - 4 - 6 - 5 Ht. 05: Sampson, Rumsey, Fiala, Sage, 72.8 2 - 0 - 3 - 1 11 - 4 - 9 - 6 Ht. 06: Etheridge, Koppe, Saunders, Dugard, 72.8 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 13 - 7 - 9 - 7 Ht. 07: B. Kennett, Davey, Abel, Mullarkey (f, exc), 73.6 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 16 - 9 - 10 - 7 Ht. 08: Hubbard, Clifton, D. Kennett, Johns, 73.2 2 - 0 - 1 - 3 18 - 9 - 11 - 10 Ht. 09: Rumsey, Mullarkey, Dugard, Johns, 73.6 3 - 0 - 1 - 2 21 - 9 - 12 - 12 Ht. 10: Sampson, Koppe, Davey, Hubbard (fell), 72.4 2 - 1 - 3 - 0 23 - 10 - 15 - 12 Ht. 11: B. Kennett, Etheridge, Naylor, Fiala, 73.4 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 26 - 12 - 16 - 12 Ht. 12: Pullen, Sage, Abel, Clifton (fell), 74.6 0 - 2 - 1 - 3 26 - 14 - 17 - 15 Ht. 13: Koppe, Johns, Pullen, Naylor, 73.6 3 - 2 - 0 - 1 29 - 16 - 17 - 16 Ht. 14: Rumsey, Saunders, Davey, D. Kennett (ret), 72.6 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 32 - 17 - 17 - 18 Ht. 15: Sage, Dugard, B. Kennett, Hubbard, 73.4 1 - 3 - 2 - 0 33 - 20 - 19 - 18 Ht. 16: Sampson, Mullarkey, Clifton, Etheridge (fell), 72.8 1 - 0 - 3 - 2 34 - 20 - 22 - 20 Section D aggregate score (after Leg 1 of 4): Canterbury 34, Eastbourne 22, Crayford 20, Rye House 20 Eastbourne: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section D, 2nd Leg Sunday 28th May 1978

Eastbourne Eagles 37 TOT 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 2. Eric Dugard 3 3 2 E 8 3. David Kennett 1 N 1 2 4 4. Roger Abel 2 3 1 N 6 17. Steve Naylor (reserve) 3 3 1 7 Rye House Rockets 26 TOT 5. Ted Hubbard 3 1 3 2 9 6. Kelvin Mullarkey 3 2 1 2 8 7. Bob Garrad 2 1 2 0 5 8. Karl Fiala 1 1 2 0 4 Crayford Kestrels 4 TOT 9. Laurie Etheridge 0 1 0 0 1 10. Alan Sage 1 F FX 0 1 11. Alan Johns 0 0 N N 0 12. Pete Wigley F 0 0 N 0 19. Richard Davey (reserve) 0 1 1 2 Canterbury Crusaders 29 TOT 13. Steve Koppe 2 2 3 1 8 14. Les Rumsey 1 2 3 3 9 15. Barney Kennett 2 2 2 2 8 16. Graham Clifton 0 0 N N 0 20. Mike Ferreira (reserve) 1 3 4 Ea RH Cr Ca Ea RH Cr Ca Ht. 01: Hubbard, Abel, Rumsey, Wigley (fell), 61.2 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 Ht. 02: Mullarkey, Koppe, D. Kennett, Johns, 63.6 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 3 - 6 - 0 - 3 Ht. 03: Dugard, B. Kennett, Fiala, Etheridge, 62.4 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 6 - 7 - 0 - 5 Ht. 04: Sampson, Garrad, Sage, Clifton, 61.6 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 9 - 9 - 1 - 5 Ht. 05: Abel, Mullarkey, Etheridge, Clifton, 62.4 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 12 - 11 - 2 - 5 Ht. 06: Naylor, B. Kennett, Hubbard (f, rem), Sage (fell), 62.8 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 15 - 12 - 2 - 7 Ht. 07: Dugard, Koppe, Garrad, Wigley, 61.4 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 18 - 13 - 2 - 9 Ht. 08: Sampson, Rumsey, Fiala, Johns, 60.6 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 21 - 14 - 2 - 11 Ht. 09: Koppe, Fiala, Abel, Sage (f, exc), 63.0 1 - 2 - 0 - 3 22 - 16 - 2 - 14 Ht. 10: Rumsey, Garrad, D. Kennett, Etheridge, 62.6 1 - 2 - 0 - 3 23 - 18 - 2 - 17 Ht. 11: Hubbard, Dugard, Ferreira, Davey, 63.6 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 25 - 21 - 2 - 18 Ht. 12: Sampson, B. Kennett, Mullarkey, Wigley, 61.8 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 28 - 22 - 2 - 20 Ht. 13: Ferreira, D. Kennett, Davey, Fiala, 65.2 2 - 0 - 1 - 3 30 - 22 - 3 - 23 Ht. 14: Naylor, B. Kennett, Davey, Garrad, 62.4 3 - 0 - 1 - 2 33 - 22 - 4 - 25 Ht. 15: Rumsey, Mullarkey, Naylor, Sage, Dugard (exc, tapes), 62.4 1 - 2 - 0 - 3 34 - 24 - 4 - 28 Ht. 16: Sampson, Hubbard, Koppe, Etheridge, 61.6 3 - 2 - 0 - 1 37 - 26 - 4 - 29 Section D aggregate score (after Leg 2 of 4): Canterbury 63, Eastbourne 59, Rye House 46, Crayford 24 Rye House: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section D, 3rd Leg Monday 29th May 1978

Rye House Rockets 23 TOT 1. Ted Hubbard 3 3 X 3 9 2. Kelvin Mullarkey 0 2 1 0 3 3. Hugh Saunders N N 1 N 1 4. Bob Garrad 1 0 N 0 1 5. Karl Fiala (reserve) 1 3 2 3 9 Canterbury Crusaders 26 TOT 1. Les Rumsey 3 R 3 FX 6 2. Barney Kennett 0 1 2 3 6 3. Steve Koppe 2 1 3 3 9 4. Graham Clifton 2 1 N 1 4 5. Mike Ferreira (reserve) 1 1 Crayford Kestrels 16 TOT 1. Laurie Etheridge 1 2 F 1 4 2. Alan Sage 1 2 FX 2 5 3. Alan Johns 2 R 2 2 6 4. Pete Wigley 0 N 1 N 1 5. Richard Davey (reserve) 0 F 0 Eastbourne Eagles 31 TOT 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 2 11 2. David Kennett 2 2 2 1 7 3. Roger Abel 3 1 FN N 4 4. Eric Dugard 0 N N 2 2 5. Steve Naylor (reserve) 3 0 3 1 7 RH Ca Cr Ea RH Ca Cr Ea Ht. 01: Rumsey, D. Kennett, Garrad, Wigley, 63.0 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 Ht. 02: (rerun) Sampson, Johns, Fiala, B. Kennett (f, rem), 62.8 1 - 0 - 2 - 3 2 - 3 - 2 - 5 Ht. 03: Abel, Clifton, Etheridge, Mullarkey (f, rem), 64.0 0 - 2 - 1 - 3 2 - 5 - 3 - 8 Ht. 04: Hubbard, Koppe, Sage, Dugard, 63.0 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 5 - 7 - 4 - 8 Ht. 05: Naylor, Etheridge, B. Kennett, Garrad, 64.0 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 5 - 8 - 6 - 11 Ht. 06: Fiala, Sage, Abel, Rumsey (ret), 64.0 3 - 0 - 2 - 1 8 - 8 - 8 - 12 Ht. 07: Sampson, Mullarkey, Koppe, Davey, 63.0 2 - 1 - 0 - 3 10 - 9 - 8 - 15 Ht. 08: Hubbard, D. Kennett, Clifton, Johns (ret), 63.4 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 13 - 10 - 8 - 17 Ht. 09: (rerun) Sampson, Fiala, Ferreira, Sage (f, exc), 63.0 2 - 1 - 0 - 3 15 - 11 - 8 - 20 Ht. 10: Koppe, D. Kennett, Saunders, Etheridge (fell), 63.6 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 16 - 14 - 8 - 22 Ht. 11: Rumsey, Johns, Mullarkey, Naylor, 62.4 1 - 3 - 2 - 0 17 - 17 - 10 - 22 Ht. 12: (rerun) Naylor, B. Kennett, Wigley, Hubbard (exc, unfair riding), Abel (f, ns), 63.8 0 - 2 - 1 - 3 17 - 19 - 11 - 25 Ht. 13: Fiala, Dugard, Clifton, Davey (fell), 65.0 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 20 - 20 - 11 - 27 Ht. 14: Koppe, Johns, Naylor, Garrad, 65.0 0 - 3 - 2 - 1 20 - 23 - 13 - 28 Ht. 15: B. Kennett, Sage, D. Kennett, Mullarkey (f, rem), 64.8 0 - 3 - 2 - 1 20 - 26 - 15 - 29 Ht. 16: (rerun) Hubbard, Sampson, Etheridge, Rumsey (f, exc), 63.2 3 - 0 - 1 - 2 23 - 26 - 16 - 31 Section D aggregate score (after Leg 3 of 4): Eastbourne 90, Canterbury 89, Rye House 69, Crayford 40 Crayford: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section D, 4th Leg Tuesday 30th May 1978

Crayford Kestrels 19 TOT 1. Laurie Etheridge 3 3 2 2 10 2. Alan Sage 3 0 2 1 6 3. Pete Wigley 0 N 0 N 0 4. Alan Johns 0 2 0 1 3 17. Richard Davey (reserve) 0 0 0 Eastbourne Eagles 34 TOT 5. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 6. David Kennett 2 3 1 3 9 7. Roger Abel N 1 2 2 5 8. Eric Dugard 2 FX 3 2 7 18. Steve Naylor (reserve) 1 1 Canterbury Crusaders 20 TOT 9. Barney Kennett 0 1 1 0 2 10. Graham Clifton 0 N 1 N 1 11. Les Rumsey 3 2 1 3 9 12. Steve Koppe 2 2 0 3 7 19. Mike Ferreira (reserve) 1 R 1 Rye House Rockets 23 TOT 13. Ted Hubbard 1 3 2 1 7 14. Kelvin Mullarkey 1 1 3 2 7 15. Bob Garrad 1 2 3 0 6 16. Hugh Saunders 2 0 0 N 2 20. Karl Fiala (reserve) 1 1 Cr Ea Ca RH Cr Ea Ca RH Ht. 01: Sampson, Koppe, Mullarkey, Johns, 58.4 0 - 3 - 2 - 1 0 - 3 - 2 - 1 Ht. 02: Rumsey, D. Kennett, Hubbard, Wigley, 58.6 0 - 2 - 3 - 1 0 - 5 - 5 - 2 Ht. 03: Sage, Dugard, Garrad, B. Kennett, 59.0 3 - 2 - 0 - 1 3 - 7 - 5 - 3 Ht. 04: Etheridge, Saunders, Naylor, Clifton, 59.4 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 6 - 8 - 5 - 5 Ht. 05: D. Kennett, Johns, B. Kennett, Saunders, 60.2 2 - 3 - 1 - 0 8 - 11 - 6 - 5 Ht. 06: Sampson, Garrad, Ferreira, Davey (f, rem), 59.0 0 - 3 - 1 - 2 8 - 14 - 7 - 7 Ht. 07: Hubbard, Koppe, Abel, Sage, 59.4 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 8 - 15 - 9 - 10 Ht. 08: (rerun) Etheridge, Rumsey, Mullarkey, Dugard (f, exc), 59.8 3 - 0 - 2 - 1 11 - 15 - 11 - 11 Ht. 09: Dugard, Hubbard, Clifton, Johns (f, rem), 60.8 0 - 3 - 1 - 2 11 - 18 - 12 - 13 Ht. 10: Mullarkey, Abel, B. Kennett, Wigley, 59.6 0 - 2 - 1 - 3 11 - 20 - 13 - 16 Ht. 11: Sampson, Sage, Rumsey, Saunders, 59.0 2 - 3 - 1 - 0 13 - 23 - 14 - 16 Ht. 12: Garrad, Etheridge, D. Kennett, Koppe, 59.6 2 - 1 - 0 - 3 15 - 24 - 14 - 19 Ht. 13: Koppe, Dugard, Fiala, Davey, 60.2 0 - 2 - 3 - 1 15 - 26 - 17 - 20 Ht. 14: Rumsey, Abel, Johns, Garrad, 59.6 1 - 2 - 3 - 0 16 - 28 - 20 - 20 Ht. 15: D. Kennett, Mullarkey, Sage, Ferreira (ret), 59.8 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 17 - 31 - 20 - 22 Ht. 16: Sampson, Etheridge, Hubbard, B. Kennett, 59.8 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 19 - 34 - 20 - 23 Section D final aggregate score: Eastbourne 124, Canterbury 109, Rye House 92, Crayford 59 National League Table Up to and including Wednesday 31st May Home Away Overall P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Ellesmere Port 7 7 0 0 331 213 14 5 3 0 2 190 200 6 12 10 0 2 531 403 128 20 +6 2 Eastbourne 7 7 0 0 371 171 14 4 2 0 2 148 164 4 11 9 0 2 535 319 216 18 +4 3 Canterbury 6 6 0 0 303 165 12 5 3 0 2 182 207 6 11 9 0 2 510 347 163 18 +6 4 Peterborough 7 6 0 1 351 194 12 7 3 0 4 294 252 6 14 9 0 5 603 488 115 18 +4 5 Weymouth 8 7 0 1 364 259 14 7 0 0 7 320 218 0 15 7 0 8 582 579 3 14 -2 6 Edinburgh 8 5 0 3 350 270 10 7 2 0 5 313 232 4 15 7 0 8 582 583 -1 14 -2 7 Oxford 4 3 0 1 178 133 6 7 3 1 3 277 268 7 11 6 1 4 446 410 36 13 +5 8 Glasgow 5 5 0 0 226 161 10 7 1 1 5 323 222 3 12 6 1 5 448 484 -36 13 +3 9 Berwick 5 5 0 0 266 124 10 2 0 0 2 105 50 0 7 5 0 2 316 229 87 10 0 10 Rye House 4 4 0 0 196 116 8 2 1 0 1 75 79 2 6 5 0 1 275 191 84 10 +2 11 Mildenhall 5 3 0 2 221 169 6 6 2 0 4 228 237 4 11 5 0 6 458 397 61 10 0 12 Stoke 4 4 0 0 209 103 8 5 1 0 4 234 154 2 9 5 0 4 363 337 26 10 +2 13 Crayford 6 4 1 1 265 198 9 7 0 1 6 323 221 1 13 4 2 7 486 521 -35 10 -2 14 Scunthorpe 6 4 1 1 251 215 9 4 0 1 3 199 113 1 10 4 2 4 364 414 -50 10 -2 15 Teesside 5 5 0 0 223 166 10 5 0 0 5 261 129 0 10 5 0 5 352 427 -75 10 0 16 Newcastle 5 4 0 1 218 170 8 2 0 1 1 79 77 1 7 4 1 2 295 249 46 9 -1 17 Boston 5 2 1 2 193 195 5 6 0 1 5 315 149 1 11 2 2 7 342 510 -168 6 -4 18 Workington 4 2 0 2 163 148 4 8 0 0 8 391 231 0 12 2 0 10 394 539 -145 4 -4 19 Milton Keynes 3 0 3 0 117 117 3 4 0 0 4 203 106 0 7 0 3 4 223 320 -97 3 -3 20 Barrow 7 1 0 6 224 320 2 11 0 0 11 560 298 0 18 1 0 17 522 880 -358 2 -12 Eastbourne Eagles v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 4th June 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 42 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Paul Woods 0 R 0 N 0 0 3. David Kennett 2* 3 2 2 9 1 4. Roger Abel 0 2 0 1 3 0 5. Eric Dugard 1 1* 2 N 4 1 6. Steve Naylor 3 3 1 2* 9 1 7. John Barker 2* 3 0 EF 5 1

Newcastle Diamonds 35 TOT BP 1. Tom Owen 2 3 3 2 3 3 16 0 2. Neil Coddington 1* 0 TS 1 2 1 3. Robbie Blackadder 1 FN N N 1 0 4. Robbie Gardner R/R 5. Graeme Stapleton 2* 2 1* FX 2 1 8 2 6. Kenny Carter 1 FX 0 1 1 3 0 7. Rod Hunter 0 F 2 TS 3 0 5 0 8. Nigel Crabtree Did not ride Ht. 01: Sampson, Owen, Coddington, Woods, 61.8 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Naylor, Barker, Carter, Hunter, 62.6 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Owen, Stapleton, Dugard, Abel, 61.4 1 - 5 9 - 9 Ht. 04: Naylor, Kennett, Blackadder, Hunter (fell), 61.2 5 - 1 14 - 10 Ht. 05: Owen, Abel, Dugard, Coddington, 61.8 3 - 3 17 - 13 Ht. 06: Sampson, Hunter, Woods (ret), Carter (f, exc), Blackadder (f, ns), 61.6 3 - 2 20 - 15 Ht. 07: Kennett, Stapleton, Naylor, Carter, 62.4 4 - 2 24 - 17 Ht. 08: Barker, Owen, Stapleton, Woods, 62.4 3 - 3 27 - 20 Ht. 09: Hunter, Dugard, Carter, Abel, 63.8 2 - 4 29 - 24 Ht. 10: Sampson, Naylor, Carter (f, rem), Stapleton (f, exc), 62.4 5 - 1 34 - 25 Ht. 11: Owen, Kennett, Coddington, Barker, 62.0 2 - 4 36 - 29 Ht. 12: Sampson, Stapleton, Abel, Hunter, 61.8 4 - 2 40 - 31 Ht. 13: Owen, Kennett, Stapleton, Barker (ef), 61.8 2 - 4 42 - 35

Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - June Challenge Tom Owen (Holder) v Mike Sampson (Challenger), 1st Leg Ht. 01: Owen (awarded), Sampson (exc, silencer), 62.0 Ht. 02: Owen, Sampson (ret), 62.6 Owen leads series 1-0 Newcastle Diamonds v Eastbourne Eagles Monday 5th June 1978 (National League)

Newcastle Diamonds 40 TOT BP 1. Tom Owen 3 3 3 2* 3 3 17 1 2. Neil Coddington 0 TS E 0 0 0 3. Robbie Blackadder 0 0 3 3 FX 6 0 4. Robbie Gardner R/R 5. Graeme Stapleton 3 F 2* 3 2* 2 12 2 6. Nigel Crabtree 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 7. Rod Hunter F 0 N 0 0

Eastbourne Eagles 38 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 1* 1* 1* 3 6 3 2. Steve Naylor 2 2 3 2 9 0 3. David Kennett 2* 1 1 1 5 1 4. Eric Dugard 2 0 1* N 3 1 5. Roger Abel 1* 2 2 0 5 1 6. Paul Woods 3 0 0 3 0 7. John Barker 1 3 2* 1 7 1

Ht. 01: Owen, Naylor, Sampson, Coddington, 69.0 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Woods, Crabtree, Barker, Hunter (fell), 72.0 2 - 4 5 - 7 Ht. 03: Stapleton, Dugard, Abel, Blackadder, 71.0 3 - 3 8 - 10 Ht. 04: Barker, Kennett, Crabtree, Blackadder, 70.2 1 - 5 9 - 15 Ht. 05: Owen, Naylor, Sampson, Stapleton (fell), 69.2 3 - 3 12 - 18 Ht. 06: Owen, Stapleton, Kennett, Woods, 70.0 5 - 1 17 - 19 Ht. 07: Blackadder, Abel, Crabtree, Dugard, 71.2 4 - 2 21 - 21 Ht. 08: (rerun) Naylor, Barker, Crabtree, Hunter, Coddington (exc, tapes), 70.2 1 - 5 22 - 26 Ht. 09: Stapleton, Owen, Kennett, Woods, 70.0 5 - 1 27 - 27 Ht. 10: Owen, Abel, Dugard, Coddington, 69.4 3 - 3 30 - 30 Ht. 11: Blackadder, Naylor, Sampson, Crabtree, 70.2 3 - 3 33 - 33 Ht. 12: Owen, Stapleton, Kennett, Abel, 70.2 5 - 1 38 - 34 Ht. 13: (rerun) Sampson, Stapleton, Barker, Blackadder (f, exc), 70.2 2 - 4 40 - 38

Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - June Challenge Tom Owen (Holder) v Mike Sampson (Challenger), 2nd Leg Ht. 01: Owen, Sampson, 69.0 Ht. 02: Owen, Sampson, 67.6 Owen wins series 2-0 Barrow Furness Flyers v Eastbourne Eagles Tuesday 6th June 1978 (National League)

Barrow Furness Flyers 39 TOT BP 1. Charlie Monk 2 3 2* 2 2 11 1 2. Chris Robins 0 0 TS 0 0 0 3. Geoff Pusey 3 3 3 3 F 12 0 4. Chris Roynon 3 1* 2* 1* 7 3 5. Andy Reid 0 2 3 3 8 0 6. Wayne Muddle 1 0 0 1 0 7. Mark Courtney 0 TS 0 0 0

Eastbourne Eagles 39 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 1* 2 9 1 2. Steve Naylor 1 0 1 2 4 0 3. David Kennett 1* 2 1 N 4 1 4. Eric Dugard 1* 1* 3 N 5 2 5. Roger Abel 2 2 1 F 5 0 6. Paul Woods 2* 1* 0 3 2 7. John Barker 3 2 F 3 1* 9 1

Ht. 01: Sampson, Monk, Naylor, Robins, 59.2 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: Barker, Woods, Muddle, Courtney, 60.0 1 - 5 3 - 9 Ht. 03: Roynon, Abel, Dugard, Reid, 59.8 3 - 3 6 - 12 Ht. 04: Pusey, Barker, Kennett, Muddle, 58.8 3 - 3 9 - 15 Ht. 05: Sampson, Reid, Roynon, Naylor, 59.4 3 - 3 12 - 18 Ht. 06: Monk, Kennett, Woods, Robins, 59.6 3 - 3 15 - 21 Ht. 07: Pusey, Abel, Dugard, Muddle, 59.6 3 - 3 18 - 24 Ht. 08: Pusey, Monk, Naylor, Barker (fell), 59.9 5 - 1 23 - 25 Ht. 09: Reid, Roynon, Kennett, Woods, 60.0 5 - 1 28 - 26 Ht. 10: Dugard, Monk, Abel, Robins, 60.0 2 - 4 30 - 30 Ht. 11: Pusey, Naylor, Sampson, Courtney, 59.6 3 - 3 33 - 33 Ht. 12: Barker, Monk, Roynon, Abel (fell), 59.4 3 - 3 36 - 36 Ht. 13: Reid, Sampson, Barker, Pusey (fell), 60.0 3 - 3 39 - 39 Eastbourne Eagles v Scunthorpe Saints Sunday 11th June 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup 2nd Round, 1st Leg)

Eastbourne Eagles 57 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Roger Abel 2* 2* 3 2* 9 3 3. David Kennett 3 2* 3 3 11 1 4. Steve Naylor 2 2 3 1 8 0 5. Eric Dugard 1* 0 2* 2* 5 3 6. Paul Woods 2* 2* 3 2* 9 3 7. John Barker 3 FX N 3 0

Scunthorpe Saints 21 TOT BP 1. Nicky Allott F 3 2 1 0 1 7 0 2. Arthur Browning R/R 3. Phil White 1 0 0 TS 1 F 2 0 4. Danny Boyle 0 TS F N 0 0 5. John McNeill 3 1 1 1* 1 2 9 1 6. Danny Young 0 1 N 0 1 0 7. Trevor Whiting 1 0 TS 0 1 0 8. Paul Cooper 1 1 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Abel, Cooper, Allott (fell), 60.6 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Barker, Woods, Whiting, Young, 63.4 5 - 1 10 - 2 Ht. 03: McNeill, Naylor, Dugard, Boyle, 63.0 3 - 3 13 - 5 Ht. 04: Kennett, Woods, White, Whiting, 61.8 5 - 1 18 - 6 Ht. 05: Allott, Naylor, McNeill, Dugard (f, rem), 63.0 2 - 4 20 - 10 Ht. 06: Sampson, Abel, Young, White (f, rem), 62.4 5 - 1 25 - 11 Ht. 07: Woods, Kennett, McNeill, White, 61.6 5 - 1 30 - 12 Ht. 08: Abel, Allott, McNeill, Barker (f, exc), 61.6 3 - 3 33 - 15 Ht. 09: Naylor, Dugard, Allott, Whiting, 62.4 5 - 1 38 - 16 Ht. 10: Sampson, Abel, McNeill, Boyle (fell), 62.4 5 - 1 43 - 17 Ht. 11: Kennett, Woods, White, Allott (f, rem), 62.6 5 - 1 48 - 18 Ht. 12: Sampson, McNeill, Naylor, White (fell), 63.4 4 - 2 52 - 20 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Allott, Young, 61.6 5 - 1 57 - 21 Scunthorpe Saints v Eastbourne Eagles Monday 12th June 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup 2nd Round, 2nd Leg)

Scunthorpe Saints 28 TOT BP 1. Nicky Allott FX 2 3 0 1* 0 6 1 2. Arthur Browning R/R 3. Phil White 2 0 1 TS N 3 0 4. Danny Boyle 0 1* N TS 1 1 5. John McNeill 1 2 1* FX 1 FX 5 1 6. Trevor Whiting 1* 1 3 1 1 7 1 7. Danny Young 2 N 2 2 FX 6 0 8. Paul Cooper Did not ride Eastbourne Eagles 47 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson EF EF X 3 3 0 2. Roger Abel 3 3 2 3 11 0 3. David Kennett 3 3 FX 3 9 0 4. Steve Naylor 2* X 2* 2* 6 3 5. Eric Dugard 3 2 3 2* 10 1 6. Colin Ackroyd 3 FX 3 6 0 7. Paul Woods 0 2* 0 2 1

Ht. 01: (rerun) Abel, White, Sampson (ef), Allott (f, exc), 79.0 2 - 3 2 - 3 Ht. 02: Ackroyd, Young, Whiting, Woods, 79.8 3 - 3 5 - 6 Ht. 03: Dugard, Naylor, McNeill, Boyle, 78.6 1 - 5 6 - 11 Ht. 04: Kennett, Woods, Whiting, White, 79.0 1 - 5 7 - 16 Ht. 05: Abel, McNeill, Boyle, Sampson (ef), 78.4 3 - 3 10 - 19 Ht. 06: (rerun) Kennett, Allott, McNeill, Ackroyd (f, exc), 78.4 3 - 3 13 - 22 Ht. 07: (rerun) Whiting, Dugard, White, Naylor (exc), 79.2 4 - 2 17 - 24 Ht. 08: Allott, Abel, Whiting, Woods, 78.4 4 - 2 21 - 26 Ht. 09: (rerun) Ackroyd, Young, McNeill (f, exc), Kennett (f, exc), 79.4 2 - 3 23 - 29 Ht. 10: Dugard, Naylor, Whiting, Allott, 79.0 1 - 5 24 - 34 Ht. 11: Abel, Young, Allott, Sampson (exc, chain guard), 80.4 3 - 3 27 - 37 Ht. 12: Kennett, Dugard, McNeill, Allott, 78.8 1 - 5 28 - 42 Ht. 13: (rerun) Sampson, Naylor (f, awar), Young (f, exc), McNeill (f, exc), 79.4 0 - 5 28 - 47

Eastbourne win 104-49 on aggregate. Eastbourne Eagles v Berwick Bandits Sunday 18th June 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 61 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 1 10 0 2. Roger Abel FX 2* 3 2* 7 2 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Steve Naylor 3 2* 3 3 11 1 5. Eric Dugard 2* 3 2* 2* 9 3 6. Paul Woods 3 2* 2* 7 2 7. Colin Ackroyd 2* 1 2* 5 2

Berwick Bandits 17 TOT BP 1. Graham Jones R/R 2. Dave Gifford 2 1 1 2 1 1 8 0 3. Mike Hiftle Did not arrive 4. Roger Wright 1 EF 1 N N 2 0 5. Mike Fullerton 0 FX 1 2 3 0 6. Willie Templeton 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 7. Colin Caffrey 0 0 0 0 EF 0 0 8. Mike Pither (loanee) 1* 0 1 1

Ht. 01: (rerun) Sampson, Gifford, Pither, Abel (f, exc), 60.4 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Woods, Ackroyd, Templeton, Caffrey, 62.6 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Naylor, Dugard, Wright, Fullerton, 62.8 5 - 1 13 - 5 Ht. 04: Kennett, Woods, Templeton, Caffrey, 61.4 5 - 1 18 - 6 Ht. 05: Dugard, Naylor, Gifford, Wright (ef), 62.8 5 - 1 23 - 7 Ht. 06: Sampson, Abel, Gifford, Templeton, 62.2 5 - 1 28 - 8 Ht. 07: Kennett, Woods, Wright, Fullerton (f, exc), 61.4 5 - 1 33 - 9 Ht. 08: Abel, Gifford, Ackroyd, Caffrey, 60.4 4 - 2 37 - 11 Ht. 09: Naylor, Dugard, Templeton, Pither, 60.4 5 - 1 42 - 12 Ht. 10: Sampson, Abel, Fullerton, Caffrey, 61.8 5 - 1 47 - 13 Ht. 11: Kennett, Ackroyd, Gifford, Templeton, 62.4 5 - 1 52 - 14 Ht. 12: Naylor, Fullerton, Sampson (ef - pushed), Caffrey (ef), 63.6 4 - 2 56 - 16 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Gifford, Templeton, 62.4 5 - 1 61 - 17 Eastbourne Eagles v Stoke Potters Sunday 25th June 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 56 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2 3 3 2* 10 1 2. Roger Abel 1* 2* 2 2* 7 3 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Steve Naylor 3 3 FX 3 9 0 5. Eric Dugard FX N N N 0 0 6. Paul Woods 2* 2* 2* 3 2* 11 4 7. John Barker 3 2* 0 2* 7 2

Stoke Potters 20 TOT BP 1. John Harrhy 3 FX 1 1 1 6 0 2. Stuart Mountford 0 FX TS N 0 0 3. Tony Lomas Did not arrive 4. Tim Nunan 2 1 2 1 0 6 0 5. Ian Robertson 1* 0 1 0 1 3 1 6. Ian Gledhill 1 EF 0 3 N 0 0 4 0 7. Ivan Blacka EF F N 1* 1 1

Ht. 01: Harrhy, Sampson, Abel, Mountford, 62.0 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Barker, Woods, Gledhill, Blacka (ef), 62.8 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: (rerun) Naylor, Nunan, Robertson, Dugard (f, exc), 62.8 3 - 3 11 - 7 Ht. 04: Kennett, Woods, Gledhill (ef), Blacka (fell), 60.8 5 - 0 16 - 7 Ht. 05: (rerun) Naylor, Barker, Harrhy (f, exc), Mountford (f, exc), 62.2 5 - 0 21 - 7 Ht. 06: Sampson, Abel, Harrhy, Gledhill, 63.4 5 - 1 26 - 8 Ht. 07: Kennett, Woods, Nunan, Robertson, 61.6 5 - 1 31 - 9 Ht. 08: Gledhill, Abel, Robertson, Barker, 63.0 2 - 4 33 - 13 Ht. 09: (rerun) Woods, Nunan, Blacka, Naylor (f, exc), 62.2 3 - 3 36 - 16 Ht. 10: Sampson, Abel, Nunan, Robertson, 62.8 5 - 1 41 - 17 Ht. 11: Kennett, Barker, Harrhy, Gledhill, 62.6 5 - 1 46 - 18 Ht. 12: Naylor, Sampson, Robertson, Gledhill, 61.6 5 - 1 51 - 19 Ht. 13: Kennett, Woods, Harrhy, Nunan, 62.4 5 - 1 56 - 20 Peterborough Panthers v Eastbourne Eagles Friday 30th June 1978 (National League)

Peterborough Panthers 47 TOT BP 1. Andy Hines R/R 2. Ian Clark 1* 3 0 2* 1 7 2 3. Dave Gooderham 2* 3 3 1 0 9 1 4. Brian Clark 2* 2 3 3 10 1 5. Kevin Hawkins 2 3 1* 2* 2 10 2 6. Nigel Couzens 2* 3 0 5 1 7. Nigel Flatman 3 2* 1 0 6 1 8. Steve Popely Did not ride Eastbourne Eagles 31 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 0 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Roger Abel 3 0 2* 1 2* 8 2 3. David Kennett 1 1 0 0 2 0 4. Steve Naylor 1 2 R TS 3 0 5. Paul Woods 0 1* 1 2 1 5 1 6. Colin Ackroyd 1 0 TS 1 0 7. John Barker 0 0 TS 0 0

Ht. 01: Abel, Hawkins, I. Clark, Sampson, 67.4 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Flatman, Couzens, Ackroyd, Barker, 68.0 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Hawkins, B. Clark, Naylor, Woods, 69.2 5 - 1 13 - 5 Ht. 04: Couzens, Gooderham, Kennett, Barker, 70.0 5 - 1 18 - 6 Ht. 05: Sampson, B. Clark, Hawkins, Abel, 69.0 3 - 3 21 - 9 Ht. 06: I. Clark, Flatman, Kennett, Ackroyd, 68.2 5 - 1 26 - 10 Ht. 07: Gooderham, Naylor, Woods, Couzens, 69.6 3 - 3 29 - 13 Ht. 08: Sampson, Abel, Flatman, I. Clark, 69.0 1 - 5 30 - 18 Ht. 09: B. Clark, Hawkins, Abel, Kennett, 69.2 5 - 1 35 - 19 Ht. 10: Gooderham, I. Clark, Woods, Naylor (ret), 70.0 5 - 1 40 - 20 Ht. 11: Sampson, Abel, Gooderham, Flatman, 69.2 1 - 5 41 - 25 Ht. 12: B. Clark, Woods, I. Clark, Kennett, 69.0 4 - 2 45 - 27 Ht. 13: Sampson, Hawkins, Woods, Gooderham, 69.6 2 - 4 47 - 31 National League Table Up to and including Friday 30th June Home Away Overall P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Peterborough 10 9 0 1 492 287 18 9 4 0 5 375 326 8 19 13 0 6 818 662 156 26 +6 2 Eastbourne 10 10 0 0 530 243 20 7 2 1 4 274 272 5 17 12 1 4 802 517 285 25 +5 3 Newcastle 8 7 0 1 348 274 14 7 4 1 2 259 286 9 15 11 1 3 634 533 101 23 +7 4 Canterbury 8 7 0 1 386 238 14 7 4 0 3 253 292 8 15 11 0 4 678 491 187 22 +6 5 Glasgow 9 9 0 0 415 282 18 8 1 1 6 381 241 3 17 10 1 6 656 663 -7 21 +3 6 Ellesmere Port 7 7 0 0 331 213 14 9 3 0 6 375 326 6 16 10 0 6 657 588 69 20 +6 7 Crayford 10 8 1 1 444 331 17 10 1 1 8 453 325 3 20 9 2 9 769 784 -15 20 0 8 Oxford 6 5 0 1 286 179 10 12 4 1 7 497 437 9 18 9 1 8 723 676 47 19 +7 9 Edinburgh 10 7 0 3 443 333 14 8 2 0 6 360 263 4 18 9 0 9 706 693 13 18 -2 10 Berwick 9 9 0 0 442 258 18 7 0 0 7 362 180 0 16 9 0 7 622 620 2 18 0 11 Mildenhall 8 6 0 2 372 252 12 7 2 0 5 271 272 4 15 8 0 7 644 523 121 16 0 12 Weymouth 11 8 0 3 483 372 16 7 0 0 7 320 218 0 18 8 0 10 701 692 9 16 -6 13 Rye House 6 6 0 0 305 163 12 4 1 0 3 160 150 2 10 7 0 3 455 323 132 14 +2 14 Stoke 6 4 0 2 276 192 8 8 3 0 5 361 259 6 14 7 0 7 535 553 -18 14 +2 15 Scunthorpe 7 5 1 1 299 245 11 8 0 1 7 386 238 1 15 5 2 8 537 631 -94 12 -2 16 Workington 9 6 0 3 393 308 12 11 0 0 11 525 331 0 20 6 0 14 724 833 -109 12 -6 17 Boston 7 4 1 2 288 256 9 9 1 1 7 451 247 3 16 5 2 9 535 707 -172 12 -2 18 Teesside 9 6 0 3 373 328 12 10 0 0 10 502 277 0 19 6 0 13 650 830 -180 12 -6 19 Milton Keynes 7 2 3 2 264 282 7 5 0 0 5 250 137 0 12 2 3 7 401 532 -131 7 -7 20 Barrow 9 2 1 6 304 396 5 13 0 0 13 659 355 0 22 2 1 19 659 1055 -396 5 -13 Eastbourne Eagles v Reading Racers Sunday 2nd July 1978 (Inter-League Challenge)

Eastbourne Eagles 35 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 2 3 3 1* 12 1 2. Roger Abel 1 0 TS N 1 0 3. David Kennett 2 1 EF 1 4 0 4. Steve Naylor 2 F 1 N 2 5 0 5. Eric Dugard 1* 1 1* 0 3 2 6. Paul Woods 3 1* 0 2 3 9 1 7. John Barker 1 TS F N 1 0

Reading Racers 43 TOT BP 1. Neil Middleditch (guest) 2 3 2 3 10 0 2. Doug Underwood 0 2* 2 1* 5 2 3. John Davis 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Trevor Geer (guest) F 2* 1* 2* 5 3 5. Bernie Leigh 3 3 2 0 8 0 6. Kevin Bowen 2 1 0 3 0 7. Colin Ackroyd (loanee) NS 0 0 0 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Middleditch, Abel, Underwood, 61.2 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: Woods, Bowen, Barker, Ackroyd (ns), 62.2 4 - 2 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Leigh, Naylor, Dugard, Geer (fell), 62.8 3 - 3 11 - 7 Ht. 04: Davis, Kennett, Woods, Ackroyd, 61.0 3 - 3 14 - 10 Ht. 05: Middleditch, Underwood, Dugard, Naylor (fell), 63.0 1 - 5 15 - 15 Ht. 06: Davis, Sampson, Bowen, Abel, 61.0 2 - 4 17 - 19 Ht. 07: Leigh, Geer, Kennett, Woods, 61.0 1 - 5 18 - 24 Ht. 08: Sampson, Underwood, Naylor, Ackroyd, 61.4 4 - 2 22 - 26 Ht. 09: Davis, Woods, Dugard, Bowen, 61.0 3 - 3 25 - 29 Ht. 10: Sampson, Leigh, Geer, Barker (fell), 61.2 3 - 3 28 - 32 Ht. 11: Woods, Middleditch, Underwood, Kennett (ef), 61.6 3 - 3 31 - 35 Ht. 12: Davis, Naylor, Sampson, Leigh, 61.8 3 - 3 34 - 38 Ht. 13: Middleditch, Geer, Kennett, Dugard, 62.0 1 - 5 35 - 43 Scunthorpe Saints v Eastbourne Eagles Monday 3rd July 1978 (National League)

Meeting postponed - rain Eastbourne Eagles v Edinburgh Monarchs Friday 7th July 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 46 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 2 2 3 10 0 2. Roger Abel 2* 1* X 1* 4 3 3. David Kennett 3 2 3 3 11 0 4. Steve Naylor 1 1 F 0 2 0 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 3 1 10 0 6. Paul Woods 3 2* F 2* 7 2 7. John Barker 2* EF N 2 1

Edinburgh Monarchs 31 TOT BP 1. Brian Collins 0 0 1 TS 1 0 2. Dave Trownson 1 2 2* 0 X 5 1 3. Rob Hollingworth 1 3 3 1* 2 10 1 4. Steve Lomas 2 3 2 3 2 12 0 5. Bert Harkins 0 1 TS 1* 0 2 1 6. Mark Stokes 0 0 TS 0 0 7. Alan Bridgett 1 0 TS 1 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Abel, Trownson, Collins, 62.0 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Woods, Barker, Bridgett, Stokes, 61.2 5 - 1 10 - 2 Ht. 03: Dugard, Lomas, Naylor, Harkins, 61.2 4 - 2 14 - 4 Ht. 04: Kennett, Woods, Hollingworth, Bridgett, 61.4 5 - 1 19 - 5 Ht. 05: Dugard, Trownson, Naylor, Collins, 61.8 4 - 2 23 - 7 Ht. 06: Hollingworth, Sampson, Abel, Stokes, 61.6 3 - 3 26 - 10 Ht. 07: Lomas, Kennett, Harkins, Woods (fell), 61.4 2 - 4 28 - 14 Ht. 08: (rerun) Hollingworth, Trownson, Barker (ef), Abel (exc), 62.0 0 - 5 28 - 19 Ht. 09: Dugard, Lomas, Hollingworth, Naylor (fell), 67.0 3 - 3 31 - 22 Ht. 10: Lomas, Sampson, Abel, Trownson, 60.4 3 - 3 34 - 25 Ht. 11: (rerun) Kennett, Woods, Collins, Trownson (exc), 61.2 5 - 1 39 - 26 Ht. 12: Sampson, Hollingworth, Harkins, Naylor, 61.6 3 - 3 42 - 29 Ht. 13: Kennett, Lomas, Dugard, Harkins, 61.6 4 - 2 46 - 31 Stoke Potters v Eastbourne Eagles Saturday 8th July 1978 (National League)

Meeting postponed - rain Eastbourne Eagles v Glasgow Tigers Sunday 16th July 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 57 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Roger Abel 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4 3. David Kennett 3 F EF 2* 5 1 4. Steve Naylor 1 2* 2* 2* 7 3 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 3 3 12 0 6. Paul Woods 2* 1 3 6 1 7. John Barker 3 3 1 7 0

Glasgow Tigers 21 TOT BP 1. Steve Lawson 1 1 2* TS 4 1 2. Benny Rourke 0 0 1 3 1 5 0 3. Derek Richardson 2 F 1 1 4 0 4. Colin Farquharson 0 1* 0 TS 1 1 5. Merv Janke 2 2 1 0 0 5 0 6. Charlie McKinna 0 1 0 1 0 7. Jim Beaton 1 0 0 1 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Abel, Lawson, Rourke, 61.4 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Barker, Woods, Beaton, McKinna, 62.0 5 - 1 10 - 2 Ht. 03: Dugard, Janke, Naylor, Farquharson, 62.0 4 - 2 14 - 4 Ht. 04: Kennett, Richardson, Woods, Beaton, 61.6 4 - 2 18 - 6 Ht. 05: Dugard, Naylor, Lawson, Rourke, 62.4 5 - 1 23 - 7 Ht. 06: Sampson, Abel, McKinna, Richardson (fell), 61.8 5 - 1 28 - 8 Ht. 07: Woods, Janke, Farquharson, Kennett (fell), 64.2 3 - 3 31 - 11 Ht. 08: Barker, Abel, Rourke, Beaton, 62.4 5 - 1 36 - 12 Ht. 09: Dugard, Naylor, Richardson, McKinna, 62.2 5 - 1 41 - 13 Ht. 10: Sampson, Abel, Janke, Farquharson, 61.6 5 - 1 46 - 14 Ht. 11: Rourke, Lawson, Barker (f, rem), Kennett (ef), 63.8 1 - 5 47 - 19 Ht. 12: Sampson, Naylor, Richardson, Janke, 61.4 5 - 1 52 - 20 Ht. 13: Dugard, Kennett, Rourke, Janke, 61.6 5 - 1 57 - 21 Eastbourne Eagles v Boston Barracudas Sunday 23rd July 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 42 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2 EF 2 2 6 0 2. Roger Abel 0 1 FX N 1 0 3. David Kennett 3 3 2 2* 10 1 4. Steve Naylor 2 1* 3 1* 7 2 5. Eric Dugard 1* 2 2* 3 8 2 6. Paul Woods 3 2* 1 1* 7 2 7. John Barker 2* FX 1* 3 2

Boston Barracudas 35 TOT BP 1. Tony Boyle 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 2. Andy Fisher 1 0 3 0 4 0 3. Dave Allen 1 3 1 3 E 8 0 4. Steve Clarke R/R 5. Stuart Cope 0 2 0 N 2 0 6. Keith Bloxsome 0 2* 0 0 2 1 7. Gary Guglielmi 1 R 2* 3 0 6 1 8. Steve Kulwicki F 0 0

Ht. 01: Boyle, Sampson, Fisher, Abel, 62.2 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: Woods, Barker, Guglielmi, Bloxsome, 62.4 5 - 1 7 - 5 Ht. 03: Boyle, Naylor, Dugard, Cope, 62.2 3 - 3 10 - 8 Ht. 04: Kennett, Woods, Allen, Guglielmi (ret), 62.6 5 - 1 15 - 9 Ht. 05: Boyle, Dugard, Naylor, Fisher, 61.6 3 - 3 18 - 12 Ht. 06: Allen, Bloxsome, Abel, Sampson (ef), 62.0 1 - 5 19 - 17 Ht. 07: Kennett, Cope, Woods, Kulwicki (fell), 61.0 4 - 2 23 - 19 Ht. 08: (rerun) Fisher, Guglielmi, Abel (f, exc), Barker (f, exc), 68.6 0 - 5 23 - 24 Ht. 09: Naylor, Dugard, Allen, Bloxsome, 62.4 5 - 1 28 - 25 Ht. 10: Guglielmi, Sampson, Woods, Cope, 63.3 3 - 3 31 - 28 Ht. 11: Boyle, Kennett, Barker, Fisher, 64.4 3 - 3 34 - 31 Ht. 12: Allen, Sampson, Naylor, Guglielmi, 62.2 3 - 3 37 - 34 Ht. 13: Dugard, Kennett, Boyle, Bloxsome, Allen (exc, tapes), 61.4 5 - 1 42 - 35 Workington Comets v Eastbourne Eagles Friday 28th July 1978 (National League)

Workington Comets 43 TOT BP 1. Brian Havelock 3 3 3 2 11 0 2. Mark Dickinson 1 0 3 1 5 0 3. Arthur Price 1 3 3 2 9 0 4. Andy Margarson 0 E 1 N 1 0 5. Robert Maxfield 3 1 3 1* 8 1 6. Ian Hindle 3 3 1 E 7 0 7. David Coles 2* F 0 0 0 2 1

Eastbourne Eagles 35 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2 3 2 1* 3 11 1 2. Roger Abel 0 2* 1* 2 5 2 3. David Kennett 0 2 0 3 5 0 4. Eric Dugard 2 2 0 0 4 0 5. Steve Naylor 1* 0 2 1 4 1 6. Paul Woods 1 1* 2 4 1 7. John Barker EF 2 TS 2 0

Ht. 01: Havelock, Sampson, Dickinson, Abel, 74.0 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: Hindle, Coles, Woods, Barker (ef), 74.6 5 - 1 9 - 3 Ht. 03: Maxfield, Dugard, Naylor, Margarson, 76.1 3 - 3 12 - 6 Ht. 04: Hindle, Barker, Price, Kennett, 73.7 4 - 2 16 - 8 Ht. 05: Sampson, Abel, Maxfield, Coles (fell), Margarson (exc, tapes), 75.8 1 - 5 17 - 13 Ht. 06: Havelock, Kennett, Woods, Dickinson, 75.0 3 - 3 20 - 16 Ht. 07: Price, Dugard, Hindle, Naylor, 75.1 4 - 2 24 - 18 Ht. 08: Dickinson, Sampson, Abel, Coles, 75.8 3 - 3 27 - 21 Ht. 09: Maxfield, Woods, Margarson, Kennett, 75.8 4 - 2 31 - 23 Ht. 10: Havelock, Naylor, Dickinson, Dugard, 76.1 4 - 2 35 - 25 Ht. 11: Price, Abel, Sampson, Coles, 75.0 3 - 3 38 - 28 Ht. 12: Kennett, Havelock, Naylor, Coles, Hindle (exc, tapes), 76.0 2 - 4 40 - 32 Ht. 13: Sampson, Price, Maxfield, Dugard, 77.1 3 - 3 43 - 35 Berwick Bandits v Eastbourne Eagles Saturday 29th July 1978 (National League)

Berwick Bandits 46 TOT BP 1. Graham Jones 2 2* 3 3 10 1 2. Dave Gifford 1* 3 2 FX 6 1 3. Mike Hiftle R 2* 1 3 6 1 4. Willie Templeton 2 0 2* 1 5 1 5. Colin Caffrey F 2 3 0 5 0 6. Roger Wright 2* N N 2 1 7. Mike Fullerton 3 3 3 0 3 12 0

Eastbourne Eagles 32 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 2 2 13 0 2. Roger Abel 0 1 TS TS 1 0 3. David Kennett 2 0 1 0 3 0 4. Eric Dugard 3 R 1* N 4 1 5. Steve Naylor 1 1 2 0 2 6 0 6. Paul Woods 1 1 1 0 3 0 7. John Barker FX 1* N 1* 2 2

Ht. 01: Sampson, Jones, Gifford, Abel, 77.2 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Fullerton, Wright, Woods, Barker (f, exc), 76.0 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Dugard, Templeton, Naylor, Caffrey (fell), 77.2 2 - 4 10 - 8 Ht. 04: Fullerton, Kennett, Barker, Hiftle (ret), 77.8 3 - 3 13 - 11 Ht. 05: Sampson, Caffrey, Abel, Templeton, 76.6 2 - 4 15 - 15 Ht. 06: Gifford, Jones, Woods, Kennett, 77.2 5 - 1 20 - 16 Ht. 07: Fullerton, Hiftle, Naylor, Dugard (ret), 76.8 5 - 1 25 - 17 Ht. 08: Sampson, Gifford, Woods, Fullerton, 76.0 2 - 4 27 - 21 Ht. 09: Caffrey, Templeton, Kennett, Woods, 76.8 5 - 1 32 - 22 Ht. 10: Jones, Naylor, Dugard, Gifford (f, exc), 76.0 3 - 3 35 - 25 Ht. 11: Fullerton, Sampson, Hiftle, Naylor, 75.6 4 - 2 39 - 27 Ht. 12: Jones, Naylor, Templeton, Kennett, 75.6 4 - 2 43 - 29 Ht. 13: Hiftle, Sampson, Barker, Caffrey, 76.0 3 - 3 46 - 32 Peterborough: National League Four Team Tournament Semi-Finals & Final Sunday 30th July 1978

Semi-Final B

Eastbourne Eagles 8 TOT 1. Mike Sampson EF 3 3 2. Eric Dugard R 0 0 3. David Kennett 3 0 3 4. Steve Naylor 1 1 2 R. Roger Abel (reserve) Did not ride

Ellesmere Port Gunners 12 TOT 5. John Jackson 1 R 1 6. Steve Finch 1 3 4 7. Phil Collins 3 3 6 8. Louis Carr 1 0 1 R. Pete Ellams (reserve) Did not ride

Weymouth Wildcats 12 TOT 9. Geoff Swindells 1 EF 1 10. Danny Kennedy 3 1 4 11. Sean Willmott 2 0 2 12. Malcolm Shakespeare 2 3 5 R. Nigel Davis (reserve) Did not ride

Canterbury Crusaders 16 TOT 13. Graham Clifton 2 1 3 14. Mike Ferreira 2 2 4 15. Les Rumsey 2 2 4 16. Steve Koppe 3 2 5 R. Barney Kennett (reserve) Did not ride Ea El W C Ea El W C Ht. 01: Kennedy, Rumsey, Jackson, Sampson (ef), 74.0 0 - 1 - 3 - 2 0 - 1 - 3 - 2 Ht. 02: Koppe, Willmott, Finch, Dugard (ret), 72.6 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 0 - 2 - 5 - 5 Ht. 03: D. Kennett, Clifton, Swindells, Jackson (ret), 75.6 3 - 0 - 1 - 2 3 - 2 - 6 - 7 Ht. 04: Collins, Rumsey, Naylor, Willmott, 70.6 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 4 - 5 - 6 - 9 Ht. 05: Sampson, Ferreira, Carr, Swindells (ef), 72.2 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 7 - 6 - 6 - 11 Ht. 06: Collins, Shakespeare, Clifton, Dugard, 72.6 0 - 3 - 2 - 1 7 - 9 - 8 - 12 Ht. 07: Finch, Ferreira, Kennedy, D. Kennett, 73.6 0 - 3 - 1 - 2 7 - 12 - 9 - 14 Ht. 08: Shakespeare, Koppe, Naylor, Carr, 73.8 1 - 0 - 3 - 2 8 - 12 - 12 - 16

Canterbury & Ellesmere Port (on race wins) advance to Final. National League Table Up to and including Monday 31st July Home Away Overall P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Canterbury 13 12 0 1 631 383 24 10 7 0 3 353 425 14 23 19 0 4 1056 736 320 38 +12 2 Newcastle 12 10 0 2 557 377 20 11 7 2 2 397 460 16 23 17 2 4 1017 774 243 36 +12 3 Peterborough 13 11 0 2 617 396 22 11 5 0 6 453 404 10 24 16 0 8 1021 849 172 32 +6 4 Eastbourne 13 13 0 0 675 330 26 9 2 1 6 363 339 5 22 15 1 6 1014 693 321 31 +5 5 Oxford 11 9 1 1 536.5 318.5 19 14 4 1 9 583 507 9 25 13 2 10 1043.5 901.5 142 28 +6 6 Ellesmere Port 10 10 0 0 467 311 20 13 4 0 9 533 480 8 23 14 0 9 947 844 103 28 +8 7 Glasgow 12 12 0 0 553 377 24 12 1 1 10 601 332 3 24 13 1 10 885 978 -93 27 +3 8 Rye House 9 9 0 0 463 239 18 7 3 0 4 274.5 269.5 6 16 12 0 4 732.5 513.5 219 24 +6 9 Crayford 13 10 1 2 589 420 21 13 1 1 11 591 421 3 26 11 2 13 1010 1011 -1 24 -2 10 Berwick 12 12 0 0 585 349 24 13 0 0 13 669 340 0 25 12 0 13 925 1018 -93 24 0 11 Mildenhall 12 9 0 3 564 371 18 9 2 0 7 362 336 4 21 11 0 10 900 733 167 22 -2 12 Weymouth 14 9 0 5 590 498 18 10 1 0 9 444 327 2 24 10 0 14 917 942 -25 20 -8 13 Stoke 9 7 0 2 418 284 14 13 3 0 10 597 413 6 22 10 0 12 831 881 -50 20 +2 14 Edinburgh 12 8 0 4 516 416 16 12 2 0 10 549 385 4 24 10 0 14 901 965 -64 20 -4 15 Boston 10 7 1 2 426 350 15 12 1 1 10 592 338 3 22 8 2 12 764 942 -178 18 -2 16 Teesside 12 8 0 4 504 430 16 14 1 0 13 687 404 2 26 9 0 17 908 1117 -209 18 -6 17 Workington 11 8 0 3 487 370 16 13 0 0 13 625 387 0 24 8 0 16 874 995 -121 16 -6 18 Scunthorpe 9 6 1 2 373 326 13 8 0 1 7 386 238 1 17 6 2 9 611 712 -101 14 -4 19 Milton Keynes 11 4 3 4 417 441 11 10 1 0 9 504 273 2 21 5 3 13 690 945 -255 13 -9 20 Barrow 13 4 1 8 462.5 549.5 9 17 0 0 17 867.5 457.5 0 30 4 1 25 920 1417 -497 9 -17 Mildenhall Fen Tigers v Eastbourne Eagles Wednesday 2nd August 1978 (National League)

Meeting postponed - rain Glasgow Tigers v Eastbourne Eagles Friday 4th August 1978 (National League)

Glasgow Tigers 45 TOT BP 1. Steve Lawson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Benny Rourke E 1 3 1 5 0 3. Derek Richardson 3 3 2 2 10 0 4. Colin Farquharson 1 1 0 1 3 0 5. Merv Janke 3 3 2 F 8 0 6. Charlie McKinna 2* 1 0 3 1 7. Jim Beaton R 3 0 1* 4 1

Eastbourne Eagles 33 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2 2 2 3 1 10 0 2. Roger Abel 1* 0 TS TS 1 1 3. David Kennett 2 2 1* 1 2 8 1 4. Steve Naylor 0 2 0 0 3 5 0 5. Eric Dugard 2 1* 3 2 0 8 1 6. Paul Woods 1 0 TS 1 0 7. John Barker 0 F TS 0 0

Ht. 01: Lawson, Sampson, Abel, Beaton (ret), Rourke (exc, tapes), 66.8 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Beaton, McKinna, Woods, Barker, 71.0 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Janke, Dugard, Farquharson, Naylor, 69.2 4 - 2 12 - 6 Ht. 04: Richardson, Kennett, McKinna, Barker (fell), 69.8 4 - 2 16 - 8 Ht. 05: Janke, Sampson, Farquharson, Abel, 76.0 4 - 2 20 - 10 Ht. 06: Lawson, Kennett, Rourke, Woods, 67.4 4 - 2 24 - 12 Ht. 07: Richardson, Naylor, Dugard, McKinna, 69.4 3 - 3 27 - 15 Ht. 08: Rourke, Sampson, Kennett, Beaton, 68.2 3 - 3 30 - 18 Ht. 09: Dugard, Janke, Kennett, Farquharson, 70.0 2 - 4 32 - 22 Ht. 10: Lawson, Dugard, Rourke, Naylor, 68.0 4 - 2 36 - 24 Ht. 11: Sampson, Richardson, Beaton, Naylor, 69.0 3 - 3 39 - 27 Ht. 12: Lawson, Kennett, Farquharson, Dugard, 67.8 4 - 2 43 - 29 Ht. 13: Naylor, Richardson, Sampson, Janke (fell), 69.2 2 - 4 45 - 33 Eastbourne Eagles v Peterborough Panthers Sunday 6th August 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup Quarter Final, 1st Leg)

Eastbourne Eagles 45 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 1 1* 3 8 1 2. Roger Abel 1 0 N N 1 0 3. David Kennett 3 X 3 1 7 0 4. Steve Naylor 1 0 1 2* 4 1 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 3 3 12 0 6. Paul Woods 3 0 3 1* 7 1 7. John Barker 2* 2 2 0 6 1

Peterborough Panthers 30 TOT BP 1. Andy Hines 2 2 3 3 1* 2 13 1 2. Ian Clark R/R 3. Dave Gooderham 2 3 0 2 2 0 9 0 4. Brian Clark F 0 N N N 0 0 5. Nigel Flatman 2 1* FX 0 TS 1 4 1 6. Nigel Couzens 1 N TS 1 0 7. Tim Hunt 0 1* 2* R TS 0 0 3 2

Ht. 01: Sampson, Hines, Abel, B. Clark (fell), 62.4 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: (rerun) Woods, Barker, Couzens, Hunt, 63.2 5 - 1 9 - 3 Ht. 03: Dugard, Flatman, Naylor, B. Clark, 62.6 4 - 2 13 - 5 Ht. 04: Kennett, Gooderham, Hunt, Woods, 61.4 3 - 3 16 - 8 Ht. 05: Dugard, Hines, Flatman, Naylor, 61.6 3 - 3 19 - 11 Ht. 06: Gooderham, Hunt, Sampson, Abel, 61.4 1 - 5 20 - 16 Ht. 07: (rr x 3) Woods (f, rem), Hunt (f, rem, lapped), Kennett (exc), Flatman (f, exc), 72.4 3 - 0 23 - 16 Ht. 08: Hines, Barker, Woods, Gooderham, 63.0 3 - 3 26 - 19 Ht. 09: Dugard, Gooderham, Naylor, Flatman, 62.0 4 - 2 30 - 21 Ht. 10: Hines, Barker, Sampson, Hunt, 62.4 3 - 3 33 - 24 Ht. 11: Kennett, Gooderham, Hines, Barker, 61.4 3 - 3 36 - 27 Ht. 12: Sampson, Naylor, Flatman, Gooderham, 61.8 5 - 1 41 - 28 Ht. 13: Dugard, Hines, Kennett, Hunt, 61.4 4 - 2 45 - 30 Peterborough Panthers v Eastbourne Eagles Friday 11th August 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup Quarter Final, 2nd Leg)

Peterborough Panthers 39 TOT BP 1. Andy Hines 0 0 M 1 1 0 2. Ian Clark 2 3 2 2 9 0 3. Dave Gooderham 3 0 3 2 8 0 4. Nigel Flatman 1* 2 3 3 9 1 5. Brian Clark 2 1* 1 N 4 1 6. Nigel Couzens 3 2* 1 0 6 1 7. Tim Hunt FX 1* 1 0 2 1

Eastbourne Eagles 38 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 0 1 7 0 2. Roger Abel 1 0 3 2 6 0 3. David Kennett 1 1* 2 2 6 1 4. Steve Naylor 0 3 3 3 9 0 5. Eric Dugard 3 2* 1 0 6 1 6. John Barker 2 0 2 0 EF 4 0 7. Colin Ackroyd FN N N 0 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, I. Clark, Abel, Hines, 68.8 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: Couzens, Barker, Hunt (f, exc), Ackroyd (f, ns), 70.0 3 - 2 5 - 6 Ht. 03: Dugard, B. Clark, Flatman, Naylor, 69.6 3 - 3 8 - 9 Ht. 04: Gooderham, Couzens, Kennett, Barker, 70.2 5 - 1 13 - 10 Ht. 05: Sampson, Flatman, B. Clark, Abel, 69.6 3 - 3 16 - 13 Ht. 06: I. Clark, Barker, Kennett, Hines, 69.8 3 - 3 19 - 16 Ht. 07: Naylor, Dugard, Couzens, Gooderham, 69.4 1 - 5 20 - 21 Ht. 08: Abel, I. Clark, Hunt, Barker, 69.6 3 - 3 23 - 24 Ht. 09: Flatman, Kennett, B. Clark, Barker (ef), 69.8 4 - 2 27 - 26 Ht. 10: Naylor, I. Clark, Dugard, Couzens, Hines (exc, 2 mins), 70.0 2 - 4 29 - 30 Ht. 11: Gooderham, Abel, Hunt, Sampson, 69.8 4 - 2 33 - 32 Ht. 12: Flatman, Kennett, Hines, Dugard, 70.4 4 - 2 37 - 34 Ht. 13: Naylor, Gooderham, Sampson, Hunt, 69.4 2 - 4 39 - 38

Eastbourne win 83-69 on aggregate. Eastbourne Eagles v Mildenhall Fen Tigers Sunday 13th August 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 54 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 2* 11 1 2. Roger Abel 1 1 2* 1 5 1 3. David Kennett 3 2 3 3 11 0 4. Steve Naylor 3 3 3 3 12 0 5. Eric Dugard 2* 2* FX 1 5 2 6. Paul Woods 3 1 1* 3 2* 10 2 7. John Barker FX N N 0 0

Mildenhall Fen Tigers 24 TOT BP 1. Bob Coles 2 1 2 1 2 8 0 2. Mick Bates 0 0 TS F 0 0 3. Melvyn Taylor 0 2 EF 1* 1 4 1 4. Robert Henry 1 F 2 F 3 0 5. Ray Bales 0 3 0 0 3 0 6. Richard Knight 1* 0 TS 1 1 7. Mike Spink 2 2 1 5 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Coles, Abel, Bates, 62.4 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: (rerun) Woods, Spink, Knight, Barker (f, exc), 61.6 3 - 3 7 - 5 Ht. 03: Naylor, Dugard, Henry, Bales, 62.4 5 - 1 12 - 6 Ht. 04: Kennett, Spink, Woods, Taylor, 61.6 4 - 2 16 - 8 Ht. 05: Naylor, Dugard, Coles, Bates, 62.4 5 - 1 21 - 9 Ht. 06: Sampson, Taylor, Abel, Knight, 62.2 4 - 2 25 - 11 Ht. 07: Bales, Kennett, Woods, Henry (fell), 62.6 3 - 3 28 - 14 Ht. 08: Woods, Abel, Spink, Taylor (ef), 61.8 5 - 1 33 - 15 Ht. 09: (rerun) Naylor, Coles, Taylor, Dugard (f, exc), 61.4 3 - 3 36 - 18 Ht. 10: Sampson, Henry, Abel, Bales, 61.6 4 - 2 40 - 20 Ht. 11: Kennett, Woods, Coles, Bates (fell), 62.4 5 - 1 45 - 21 Ht. 12: Naylor, Sampson, Taylor, Bales, 62.4 5 - 1 50 - 22 Ht. 13: Kennett, Coles, Dugard, Henry (fell), 62.0 4 - 2 54 - 24 Mildenhall Fen Tigers v Eastbourne Eagles Wednesday 16th August 1978 (National League)

Mildenhall Fen Tigers 38 TOT BP 1. Bob Coles EF 2 3 EF 5 0 2. Mick Bates 1 N N N 1 0 3. Melvyn Taylor 3 2 1 0 6 0 4. Robert Henry 3 2 3 3 11 0 5. Ray Bales 1 1* 2* 2 6 2 6. Richard Knight 1* 1 0 0 2 1 7. Mike Spink 2 1* 2 2* 0 7 2

Eastbourne Eagles 40 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Roger Abel 2* 0 3 2* 7 2 3. David Kennett EF 3 0 2 5 0 4. Eric Dugard 0 3 1 1 5 0 5. Steve Naylor 2 1 F 1* 4 1 6. Paul Woods 3 0 1 4 0 7. John Barker 0 2 1 3 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Abel, Bates, Coles (ef), 57.8 1 - 5 1 - 5 Ht. 02: Woods, Spink, Knight, Barker, 58.8 3 - 3 4 - 8 Ht. 03: Henry, Naylor, Bales, Dugard, 57.8 4 - 2 8 - 10 Ht. 04: Taylor, Barker, Knight, Kennett (ef), 58.0 4 - 2 12 - 12 Ht. 05: Sampson, Henry, Bales, Abel, 58.0 3 - 3 15 - 15 Ht. 06: Kennett, Coles, Spink, Woods, 57.6 3 - 3 18 - 18 Ht. 07: Dugard, Taylor, Naylor, Knight, 58.2 2 - 4 20 - 22 Ht. 08: Abel, Spink, Barker, Knight, 57.8 2 - 4 22 - 26 Ht. 09: Henry, Bales, Woods, Kennett, 58.4 5 - 1 27 - 27 Ht. 10: Coles, Spink, Dugard, Naylor (fell), 58.2 5 - 1 32 - 28 Ht. 11: Sampson, Abel, Taylor, Spink, 58.2 1 - 5 33 - 33 Ht. 12: Henry, Kennett, Naylor, Coles (ef), 57.6 3 - 3 36 - 36 Ht. 13: Sampson, Bales, Dugard, Taylor, 57.6 2 - 4 38 - 40 Eastbourne Eagles v Ellesmere Port Gunners Sunday 20th August 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 46 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 2 11 0 2. Roger Abel 1 2* 3 0 6 1 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Steve Naylor 1* EF 0 EF 1 1 5. Eric Dugard 2 3 1 2* 8 1 6. Paul Woods 2 0 2* 4 1 7. John Barker 1* 2* 1 4 2

Ellesmere Port Gunners 32 TOT BP 1. John Jackson 2 2 1 0 0 5 0 2. Louis Carr 0 1* 0 TS 1 1 3. Steve Finch 2 F 3 1* 3 9 1 4. Paul Tyrer 0 0 TS N 0 0 5. Phil Collins 3 1 2 2 1 9 0 6. Pete Ellams 3 1 2* 1 7 1 7. John Williams 0 1* TS 1 1

Ht. 01: Sampson, Jackson, Abel, Carr, 61.4 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: Ellams, Woods, Barker, Williams, 62.0 3 - 3 7 - 5 Ht. 03: Collins, Dugard, Naylor, Tyrer, 62.4 3 - 3 10 - 8 Ht. 04: Kennett, Finch, Williams, Woods, 60.6 3 - 3 13 - 11 Ht. 05: Dugard, Jackson, Carr, Naylor (ef), 61.2 3 - 3 16 - 14 Ht. 06: Sampson, Abel, Ellams, Finch (fell), 61.8 5 - 1 21 - 15 Ht. 07: Kennett, Woods, Collins, Tyrer, 61.6 5 - 1 26 - 16 Ht. 08: Abel, Barker, Jackson, Carr, 61.8 5 - 1 31 - 17 Ht. 09: Finch, Ellams, Dugard, Naylor, 62.4 1 - 5 32 - 22 Ht. 10: Sampson, Collins, Finch, Abel, 61.2 3 - 3 35 - 25 Ht. 11: Kennett, Collins, Barker, Jackson (f, rem), 60.4 4 - 2 39 - 27 Ht. 12: Finch, Sampson, Collins, Naylor (ef), 62.4 2 - 4 41 - 31 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Ellams, Jackson, 61.2 5 - 1 46 - 32 Teesside Tigers v Eastbourne Eagles Thursday 24th August 1978 (National League)

Teesside Tigers 33 TOT BP 1. Steve Wilcock 2 1 3 1 1 3 11 0 2. Peter Spink 0 0 TS N 0 0 3. Pete Smith 0 3 2 2 3 2* 12 1 4. Martin Dixon 2 1 0 F 3 0 5. Nig Close R/R 6. Martyn Cusworth 3 1 FX 3 F 7 0 7. Bob Watts 0 0 N 0 0 8. Dave Gatenby EF 0 0

Eastbourne Eagles 45 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 2 1 9 0 2. Roger Abel 1 2* 1* 1* 5 3 3. David Kennett 2 2* 3 2* 9 2 4. Steve Naylor 1 1 EF 0 2 0 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 2 3 11 0 6. Paul Woods 1* 3 1 5 1 7. John Barker 2 0 2 4 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Wilcock, Abel, Spink, 68.2 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: Cusworth, Barker, Woods, Watts, 70.2 3 - 3 5 - 7 Ht. 03: Dugard, Dixon, Naylor, Smith, 69.2 2 - 4 7 - 11 Ht. 04: Smith, Kennett, Cusworth, Barker, 67.4 4 - 2 11 - 13 Ht. 05: Sampson, Abel, Dixon, Gatenby (ef), 68.6 1 - 5 12 - 18 Ht. 06: Woods, Kennett, Wilcock, Spink, 67.8 1 - 5 13 - 23 Ht. 07: (rerun) Dugard, Smith, Naylor, Cusworth (f, exc), 69.0 2 - 4 15 - 27 Ht. 08: Wilcock, Barker, Abel, Watts, 67.4 3 - 3 18 - 30 Ht. 09: Kennett, Smith, Woods, Dixon, 67.8 2 - 4 20 - 34 Ht. 10: Cusworth, Dugard, Wilcock, Naylor (ef), 67.8 4 - 2 24 - 36 Ht. 11: Smith, Sampson, Abel, Cusworth (fell), 67.6 3 - 3 27 - 39 Ht. 12: Dugard, Kennett, Wilcock, Dixon (fell), 67.0 1 - 5 28 - 44 Ht. 13: Wilcock, Smith, Sampson, Naylor, 67.0 5 - 1 33 - 45 Eastbourne Eagles v Rye House Rockets Sunday 27th August 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 54 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 2 3 3 11 0 2. Roger Abel 2* 1* 2 1 6 2 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Steve Naylor 2* 3 1* 2* 8 3 5. Eric Dugard 3 2* 2 2* 9 2 6. Paul Woods 3 1 1 5 0 7. John Barker 1 1* 1 3 1

Rye House Rockets 24 TOT BP 1. Ted Hubbard 1 1 0 FX TS 2 0 2. Bob Garrad 0 0 TS 2 1 3 0 3. Kelvin Mullarkey 2 3 3 3 1 12 0 4. Ashley Pullen 1 0 0 0 1 0 5. Karl Fiala 0 2 2 0 4 0 6. Kevin Smith 0 0 TS 0 0 7. Peter Tarrant 2 0 0 2 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Abel, Hubbard, Garrad, 61.6 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Woods, Tarrant, Barker, Smith, 61.0 4 - 2 9 - 3 Ht. 03: Dugard, Naylor, Pullen, Fiala, 60.8 5 - 1 14 - 4 Ht. 04: Kennett, Mullarkey, Woods, Tarrant, 60.8 4 - 2 18 - 6 Ht. 05: Naylor, Dugard, Hubbard, Garrad, no time reported 5 - 1 23 - 7 Ht. 06: Mullarkey, Sampson, Abel, Smith, 62.4 3 - 3 26 - 10 Ht. 07: Kennett, Fiala, Woods, Pullen, 61.8 4 - 2 30 - 12 Ht. 08: Mullarkey, Abel, Barker, Tarrant, 62.2 3 - 3 33 - 15 Ht. 09: Mullarkey, Dugard, Naylor, Hubbard, 61.6 3 - 3 36 - 18 Ht. 10: Sampson, Fiala, Abel, Pullen, 61.4 4 - 2 40 - 20 Ht. 11: (rerun) Kennett, Garrad, Barker, Hubbard (f, exc), 60.6 4 - 2 44 - 22 Ht. 12: Sampson, Naylor, Mullarkey, Fiala, 63.4 5 - 1 49 - 23 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Garrad, Pullen, 62.4 5 - 1 54 - 24

Note: This match was the first half of a double header. Eastbourne Eagles v Oxford Cheetahs Sunday 27th August 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup Semi-Final, 1st Leg)

Eastbourne Eagles 56 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2* 2* 3 2 9 2 2. Roger Abel 3 3 1* 1 8 1 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 2* 11 1 4. Steve Naylor 1 2* 2* 1* 6 3 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 3 3 12 0 6. Paul Woods 2* 1 1 4 1 7. John Barker 3 2 1 6 0

Oxford Cheetahs 22 TOT BP 1. George Hunter 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 2. John Hack 0 0 0 TS 0 0 3. Carl Askew 2 0 1 2 0 5 0 4. Pip Lamb 0 F 0 0 0 0 5. David Shields 2 2 3 2 3 12 0 6. James Moore 0 TS 0 0 0 7. Colin Meredith 1 R TS 1 0

Ht. 01: Abel, Sampson, Hunter, Hack, 63.0 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Barker, Woods, Meredith, Moore, 63.0 5 - 1 10 - 2 Ht. 03: Dugard, Shields, Naylor, Lamb, 62.6 4 - 2 14 - 4 Ht. 04: Kennett, Askew, Woods, Meredith (ret), 61.2 4 - 2 18 - 6 Ht. 05: Dugard, Naylor, Hunter, Hack, 61.6 5 - 1 23 - 7 Ht. 06: Abel, Sampson, Hunter, Askew, 62.2 5 - 1 28 - 8 Ht. 07: Kennett, Shields, Woods, Lamb (fell), 61.8 4 - 2 32 - 10 Ht. 08: Shields, Barker, Abel, Hack, 62.6 3 - 3 35 - 13 Ht. 09: Dugard, Naylor, Askew, Moore, 62.4 5 - 1 40 - 14 Ht. 10: Sampson, Shields, Abel, Lamb, 62.6 4 - 2 44 - 16 Ht. 11: Kennett, Askew, Barker, Hunter, 61.6 4 - 2 48 - 18 Ht. 12: Shields, Sampson, Naylor, Askew, 63.0 3 - 3 51 - 21 Ht. 13: Dugard, Kennett, Hunter, Lamb, 61.4 5 - 1 56 - 22

Note: This match was the second half of a double header. Rye House Rockets v Eastbourne Eagles Monday 28th August 1978 (National League)

Rye House Rockets 42 TOT BP 1. Ted Hubbard 2 2 3 2 9 0 2. Bob Garrad 1* 1* 1* 2* 5 4 3. Kelvin Mullarkey 0 3 3 2* 8 1 4. Ashley Pullen 1 0 0 N 1 0 5. Karl Fiala 3 2 2 3 10 0 6. Kevin Smith 3 2 N 5 0 7. Peter Tarrant 2* 0 2 0 0 4 1

Eastbourne Eagles 36 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 2 E 8 0 2. Roger Abel 0 1 3 1* 5 1 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Steve Naylor 0 1* 0 0 1 1 5. Eric Dugard 2 2 1 1 6 0 6. Paul Woods 0 0 1 1 2 0 7. John Barker 1 1 FX 2 0

Ht. 01: Sampson, Hubbard, Garrad, Abel (f, rem), 63.2 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Smith, Tarrant, Barker, Woods, 64.2 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Fiala, Dugard, Pullen, Naylor, 63.8 4 - 2 12 - 6 Ht. 04: Kennett, Smith, Barker, Mullarkey (f, rem), 64.0 2 - 4 14 - 10 Ht. 05: Sampson, Fiala, Abel, Pullen, 63.4 2 - 4 16 - 14 Ht. 06: Kennett, Hubbard, Garrad, Woods, 63.4 3 - 3 19 - 17 Ht. 07: Mullarkey, Dugard, Naylor, Tarrant, 64.0 3 - 3 22 - 20 Ht. 08: (rerun) Abel, Tarrant, Garrad, Barker (f, exc), 63.8 3 - 3 25 - 23 Ht. 09: Kennett, Fiala, Woods, Pullen, 63.4 2 - 4 27 - 27 Ht. 10: Hubbard, Garrad, Dugard, Naylor, 64.0 5 - 1 32 - 28 Ht. 11: Mullarkey, Sampson, Abel, Tarrant, 64.6 3 - 3 35 - 31 Ht. 12: Kennett, Hubbard, Dugard, Tarrant, 63.6 2 - 4 37 - 35 Ht. 13: (rerun) Fiala, Mullarkey, Woods, Naylor, Sampson (exc, tapes), 64.0 5 - 1 42 - 36

Note: This match was the first half of a double header. Crayford Kestrels v Eastbourne Eagles Tuesday 29th August 1978 (National League)

Crayford Kestrels 34 TOT BP 1. Laurie Etheridge 1 2 3 3 3 12 0 2. Tony Featherstone 0 FX TS N 0 0 3. Alan Sage FX 3 R 3 3 9 0 4. Pete Wigley 1* 0 N 0 1 1 5. Alan Johns 2 1 2* F 0 5 1 6. John Hooper 3 1 TS 1 5 0 7. Richard Davey 0 TS 2* 0 2 1

Eastbourne Eagles 44 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 2 2 10 0 2. Roger Abel 2* 2* 2 1* 7 3 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 2 11 0 4. Steve Naylor FX 0 0 N 0 0 5. Eric Dugard 3 1 1 1* 6 1 6. Paul Woods 2 1 2* 5 1 7. John Barker 1* 2* 1* 1* 5 4

Ht. 01: Sampson, Abel, Etheridge, Featherstone, 58.4 1 - 5 1 - 5 Ht. 02: Hooper, Woods, Barker, Davey, 59.8 3 - 3 4 - 8 Ht. 03: (rerun) Dugard, Johns, Wigley, Naylor (f, exc), 59.0 3 - 3 7 - 11 Ht. 04: (rerun) Kennett, Barker, Hooper, Sage (f, exc), 58.8 1 - 5 8 - 16 Ht. 05: Sampson, Abel, Johns, Wigley, 59.2 1 - 5 9 - 21 Ht. 06: (rerun) Kennett, Etheridge, Woods, Featherstone (f, exc), 58.8 2 - 4 11 - 25 Ht. 07: Sage, Johns, Dugard, Naylor, 58.8 5 - 1 16 - 26 Ht. 08: Etheridge, Abel, Barker, Sage (ret), 59.0 3 - 3 19 - 29 Ht. 09: Kennett, Woods, Hooper, Johns (fell), 59.2 1 - 5 20 - 34 Ht. 10: Etheridge, Davey, Dugard, Naylor, 59.2 5 - 1 25 - 35 Ht. 11: Sage, Sampson, Abel, Davey, 58.8 3 - 3 28 - 38 Ht. 12: Etheridge, Kennett, Dugard, Wigley, 59.0 3 - 3 31 - 41 Ht. 13: Sage, Sampson, Barker, Johns (f, rem), 58.8 3 - 3 34 - 44 National League Table Up to and including Thursday 31st August Home Away Overall P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Canterbury 16 15 0 1 784 462 30 14 8 0 6 510 580 16 30 23 0 7 1364 972 392 46 +14 2 Eastbourne 16 16 0 0 829 410 32 14 5 1 8 555 537 11 30 21 1 8 1366 965 401 43 +11 3 Rye House 14 14 0 0 701 391 28 14 7 0 7 575.5 512.5 14 28 21 0 7 1213.5 966.5 247 42 +14 4 Newcastle 13 11 0 2 602 409 22 12 7 2 3 440 495 16 25 18 2 5 1097 849 248 38 +12 5 Ellesmere Port 15 15 0 0 712 456 30 14 4 0 10 589 502 8 29 19 0 10 1214 1045 169 38 +8 6 Peterborough 15 13 0 2 722 447 26 13 5 0 8 540 473 10 28 18 0 10 1195 987 208 36 +6 7 Oxford 14 12 1 1 712.5 376.5 25 15 4 1 10 627 541 9 29 16 2 11 1253.5 1003.5 250 34 +6 8 Glasgow 15 14 0 1 673 491 28 15 1 1 13 740 426 3 30 15 1 14 1099 1231 -132 31 +1 9 Berwick 15 15 0 0 733 435 30 17 0 0 17 884 435 0 32 15 0 17 1168 1319 -151 30 0 10 Weymouth 17 12 0 5 736 586 24 16 2 0 14 703 535 4 33 14 0 19 1271 1289 -18 28 -6 11 Crayford 16 12 1 3 709 534 25 16 1 1 14 745 501 3 32 13 2 17 1210 1279 -69 28 -4 12 Mildenhall 14 10 0 4 643 447 20 16 3 0 13 667 577 6 30 13 0 17 1220 1114 106 26 -2 13 Stoke 11 9 0 2 508 350 18 15 4 0 11 675 491 8 26 13 0 13 999 1025 -26 26 +4 14 Edinburgh 16 10 0 6 677 566 20 15 2 1 12 686 482 5 31 12 1 18 1159 1252 -93 25 -7 15 Boston 14 10 1 3 588 499 21 15 1 1 13 748 416 3 29 11 2 16 1004 1247 -243 24 -4 16 Workington 14 11 0 3 642 448 22 14 0 0 14 668 422 0 28 11 0 17 1064 1116 -52 22 -6 17 Teesside 17 10 0 7 693 631 20 15 1 0 14 729 440 2 32 11 0 21 1133 1360 -227 22 -12 18 Milton Keynes 14 6 4 4 540 552 16 14 2 1 11 676 412 5 28 8 5 15 952 1228 -276 21 -7 19 Scunthorpe 13 7 1 5 521 490 15 14 0 1 13 682 409 1 27 7 2 18 930 1172 -242 16 -10 20 Barrow 17 7 2 8 642.5 680.5 16 18 0 0 18 928.5 474.5 0 35 7 2 26 1117 1609 -492 16 -18

Note re. Oxford v Ellesmere Port, 2nd July: Ellesmere Port protested against the referee's decision to award the placings in heat 12, claiming a rerun was warranted. Their protest was upheld by a Speedway Control Board tribunal held at the beginning of August, and the match was ordered to be replayed. Oxford's 40-38 win has been expunged from the above table. Eastbourne: Inter-League Four Team Tournament Sunday 3rd September 1978

Eastbourne Eagles 19 TOT 1. Mike Sampson 3 R 2 FN 5 2. Eric Dugard EF 2 2 0 4 3. David Kennett 2 2 1 2 7 4. Roger Abel 1 1 0 1 3 17. Mike Pither (reserve) 0 0 White City Rebels 41 TOT 5. Gordon Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 6. Trevor Geer 3 3 3 3 12 7. Steve Weatherley 2 3 3 3 11 8. Kai Niemi 3 1 1 1 6 Southern Tigers 11 TOT 9. Paul Woods 1 0 0 2 3 10. Steve Naylor 0 1 2 1 4 11. Paul Gachet 0 3 0 0 3 12. John Barker 0 0 1 0 1 Wimbledon Dons 25 TOT 13. Larry Ross 1 1 3 FN 5 14. Roger Johns 2 2 2 2 8 15. Rudy Muts 2 FX FX 2 4 16. Mick Hines 1 2 1 3 7 20. Colin Ackroyd (loanee) (reserve) 1 1 Ea WC So Wi Ea WC So Wi Ht. 01: G. Kennett, Johns, Abel, Barker, 60.6 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 Ht. 02: Geer, D. Kennett, Ross, Gachet, 60.0 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 3 - 6 - 0 - 3 Ht. 03: Niemi, Muts, Woods, Dugard (ef), 60.4 0 - 3 - 1 - 2 3 - 9 - 1 - 5 Ht. 04: Sampson, Weatherley, Hines, Naylor, 61.4 3 - 2 - 0 - 1 6 - 11 - 1 - 6 Ht. 05: Geer, Hines, Abel, Woods, 61.4 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 7 - 14 - 1 - 8 Ht. 06: (rerun) G. Kennett, D. Kennett, Naylor, Muts (f, exc), 60.6 2 - 3 - 1 - 0 9 - 17 - 2 - 8 Ht. 07: Weatherley, Dugard, Ross, Barker, 61.4 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 11 - 20 - 2 - 9 Ht. 08: Gachet, Johns, Niemi, Sampson (ret), 61.6 0 - 1 - 3 - 2 11 - 21 - 5 - 11 Ht. 09: Ross, Naylor, Niemi, Abel, 60.8 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 11 - 22 - 7 - 14 Ht. 10: Weatherley, Johns, D. Kennett, Woods, 60.6 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 12 - 25 - 7 - 16 Ht. 11: G. Kennett, Dugard, Hines, Gachet, 60.8 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 14 - 28 - 7 - 17 Ht. 12: (rerun) Geer, Sampson, Barker, Muts (f, exc), 64.2 2 - 3 - 1 - 0 16 - 31 - 8 - 17 Ht. 13: Hines, D. Kennett, Niemi, Barker, 62.4 2 - 1 - 0 - 3 18 - 32 - 8 - 20 Ht. 14: Weatherley, Muts, Abel, Gachet, 62.2 1 - 3 - 0 - 2 19 - 35 - 8 - 22 Ht. 15: Geer, Johns, Naylor, Dugard, 61.6 0 - 3 - 1 - 2 19 - 38 - 9 - 24 Ht. 16: (rerun) G. Kennett, Woods, Ackroyd, Pither, Sampson (f, ns), Ross (f, ns), 60.8 0 - 3 - 2 - 1 19 - 41 - 11 - 25 Oxford Cheetahs v Eastbourne Eagles Thursday 7th September 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup Semi-Final, 2nd Leg)

Oxford Cheetahs 32 TOT BP 1. George Hunter 2 2 0 1 5 0 2. James Moore 0 0 2* 2 4 1 3. Carl Askew 1 2* 1 EF 4 1 4. John Hack 3 FX 0 0 3 0 5. David Shields 2* 3 3 3 1 12 1 6. Colin Meredith EF R TS 0 0 7. Pip Lamb 1 3 0 4 0

Eastbourne Eagles 45 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 2 2* 3 10 1 2. Steve Naylor 1 1* X 3 5 1 3. David Kennett 2* 3 2 2* 9 2 4. Roger Abel 1 0 1 2* 4 1 5. Eric Dugard FX 1 3 3 7 0 6. Paul Woods 3 1 1* 5 1 7. John Barker 2* 3 FX 5 1

Ht. 01: Sampson, Hunter, Naylor, Moore, 65.4 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: Woods, Barker, Lamb, Meredith (ef), 66.1 1 - 5 3 - 9 Ht. 03: (rerun) Hack, Shields, Abel, Dugard (f, exc), 65.7 5 - 1 8 - 10 Ht. 04: Barker, Kennett, Askew, Meredith (ret), 64.0 1 - 5 9 - 15 Ht. 05: (rerun) Shields, Sampson, Naylor, Hack (f, exc), 65.2 3 - 3 12 - 18 Ht. 06: Kennett, Hunter, Woods, Moore, 65.8 2 - 4 14 - 22 Ht. 07: Shields, Askew, Dugard, Abel, 64.6 5 - 1 19 - 23 Ht. 08: (rr x 2) Lamb, Moore, Barker (f, exc), Naylor (exc, unfair riding), 67.8 5 - 0 24 - 23 Ht. 09: Shields, Kennett, Woods, Hack, 65.2 3 - 3 27 - 26 Ht. 10: Dugard, Moore, Abel, Hunter, 65.4 2 - 4 29 - 30 Ht. 11: Naylor, Sampson, Askew, Lamb, 65.3 1 - 5 30 - 35 Ht. 12: Dugard, Kennett, Hunter, Hack, 65.6 1 - 5 31 - 40 Ht. 13: Sampson, Abel, Shields, Askew (ef), 65.4 1 - 5 32 - 45

Eastbourne win 101-54 on aggregate. Eastbourne Eagles v Teesside Tigers Sunday 10th September 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 57 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0 2. Steve Naylor 1 2* X 2* 5 2 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Roger Abel 3 1* 1 2* 7 2 5. Eric Dugard 2* 2 3 2* 9 2 6. Paul Woods 2* 2* 0 4 2 7. John Barker 3 3 2* 8 1

Teesside Tigers 20 TOT BP 1. Steve Wilcock 2 3 1 R 6 0 2. Martin Dixon 0 0 1* FX 0 1 1 3. Pete Smith 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0 4. Martyn Cusworth 0 2 0 1 0 TS 3 0 5. Nig Close R/R 6. Peter Spink 0 FX TS 0 0 0 7. Bob Watts 1 0 2 3 0 8. Mark Harris (loanee) Did not ride

Ht. 01: Sampson, Wilcock, Naylor, Dixon (f, rem), 60.8 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: Barker, Woods, Watts, Spink, 60.4 5 - 1 9 - 3 Ht. 03: Abel, Dugard, Smith, Cusworth, 61.6 5 - 1 14 - 4 Ht. 04: Kennett, Woods, Smith, Watts, 60.6 5 - 1 19 - 5 Ht. 05: Wilcock, Dugard, Abel, Dixon, 61.6 3 - 3 22 - 8 Ht. 06: (rerun) Sampson, Naylor, Smith, Spink (f, exc), 62.4 5 - 1 27 - 9 Ht. 07: Kennett, Cusworth, Dixon, Woods (f, rem), 61.4 3 - 3 30 - 12 Ht. 08: (rerun) Barker, Watts (awar), Dixon (f, exc), Naylor (exc), 62.4 3 - 2 33 - 14 Ht. 09: Dugard, Smith, Abel, Cusworth, 61.8 4 - 2 37 - 16 Ht. 10: Sampson, Naylor, Cusworth, Spink, 62.6 5 - 1 42 - 17 Ht. 11: Kennett, Barker, Wilcock, Dixon, 61.6 5 - 1 47 - 18 Ht. 12: Sampson, Abel, Smith, Cusworth, 62.4 5 - 1 52 - 19 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Smith, Wilcock (ret), 62.0 5 - 1 57 - 20

Note: This match was the first half of a double header. Eastbourne Eagles v Crayford Kestrels Sunday 10th September 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 58 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 1* 3 2* 3 9 2 2. Steve Naylor 2 EF 3 3 8 0 3. David Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Roger Abel 2* 3 1 2* 8 2 5. Eric Dugard 3 2* 3 2* 10 2 6. Paul Woods 3 2* 2* 7 2 7. John Barker 2* 2* 0 4 2

Crayford Kestrels 20 TOT BP 1. Laurie Etheridge 3 1 1 2 1 8 0 2. Tony Featherstone 0 0 0 TS 0 0 3. Alan Sage 1 2 2 1 1 7 0 4. Alan Johns 1 1 0 1* 0 3 1 5. Pete Wigley 0 EF TS N 0 0 6. Richard Davey 1 1* 0 FX 2 1 7. John Hooper 0 0 TS 0 0

Ht. 01: Etheridge, Naylor, Sampson, Featherstone, 63.8 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Woods, Barker, Davey, Hooper (f, rem), 63.4 5 - 1 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Dugard, Abel, Johns, Wigley, 63.0 5 - 1 13 - 5 Ht. 04: Kennett, Woods, Sage, Hooper, 62.2 5 - 1 18 - 6 Ht. 05: Abel, Dugard, Etheridge, Featherstone, 62.6 5 - 1 23 - 7 Ht. 06: Sampson, Sage, Davey, Naylor (ef), 62.6 3 - 3 26 - 10 Ht. 07: Kennett, Woods, Johns, Wigley (ef), 62.6 5 - 1 31 - 11 Ht. 08: Naylor, Barker, Etheridge, Featherstone, 63.0 5 - 1 36 - 12 Ht. 09: Dugard, Sage, Abel, Davey, 62.6 4 - 2 40 - 14 Ht. 10: Naylor, Sampson, Sage, Johns, 62.8 5 - 1 45 - 15 Ht. 11: Kennett, Etheridge, Johns, Barker, 62.4 3 - 3 48 - 18 Ht. 12: (rerun) Sampson, Abel, Sage, Davey (f, exc), 62.2 5 - 1 53 - 19 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Etheridge, Johns, 62.4 5 - 1 58 - 20

Note: This match was the second half of a double header. Eastbourne: Great Britain v Denmark (Second National League Test) Sunday 17th September 1978

Great Britain 53 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 1 3 EF 13 0 2. Steve Finch 2* 0 0 N 1 1 4 1 3. David Kennett FX 2 1 2 2 0 7 0 4. Andy Hines 2 1* 0 N 1* 3 7 2 5. Phil Collins 3 0 3 3 2* 1* 12 2 6. Eric Dugard 2* 2 0 1 3 2 10 1 7. Laurie Etheridge (reserve) 0 0 0 8. Steve Naylor (reserve) FX 0 0

Denmark 55 TOT BP 1. Finn Thomsen 1 3 2 3 3 3 15 0 2. Steen Mastrup 0 0 1* M 0 0 1 1 3. Bo Petersen 3 3 1* 3 1 3 14 1 4. Alf Busk 1 1 2 1 0 2* 7 1 5. Mike Lohmann 1 2 2* 2 0 2 9 1 6. Klaus Lohmann FX N N N N N 0 0 7. No Rider* 8. Bent Rasmussen (reserve) 1* 3 2* 0 2 1* 9 3

Ht. 01: Sampson, Finch, Thomsen, Mastrup, 61.2 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: (rerun) Petersen, Hines, Busk, Kennett (f, exc), 61.0 2 - 4 7 - 5 Ht. 03: (rerun) Collins, Dugard, M. Lohmann, K. Lohmann (f, exc), 61.4 5 - 1 12 - 6 Ht. 04: Thomsen, Kennett, Hines, Mastrup, 60.6 3 - 3 15 - 9 Ht. 05: Petersen, Dugard, Busk, Collins, 61.0 2 - 4 17 - 13 Ht. 06: Sampson, M. Lohmann, Rasmussen, Finch, 61.0 3 - 3 20 - 16 Ht. 07: Collins, Thomsen, Mastrup, Dugard, 60.8 3 - 3 23 - 19 Ht. 08: Sampson, Busk, Petersen, Finch, 62.0 3 - 3 26 - 22 Ht. 09: Rasmussen, M. Lohmann, Kennett, Hines, 62.6 1 - 5 27 - 27 Ht. 10: Thomsen, Rasmussen, Sampson, Etheridge, Mastrup (exc, 2 mins), 61.8 1 - 5 28 - 32 Ht. 11: (rerun) Petersen, Kennett, Busk, Naylor (f, exc), 61.0 2 - 4 30 - 36 Ht. 12: Collins, M. Lohmann, Dugard, Rasmussen, 61.2 4 - 2 34 - 38 Ht. 13: Thomsen, Kennett, Hines, Mastrup, 60.8 3 - 3 37 - 41 Ht. 14: Dugard, Collins, Petersen, Busk, 61.2 5 - 1 42 - 42 Ht. 15: Sampson, Rasmussen, Finch, M. Lohmann, 62.0 4 - 2 46 - 44 Ht. 16: Thomsen, Dugard, Collins, Mastrup, 62.0 3 - 3 49 - 47 Ht. 17: Petersen, Busk, Finch, Sampson (ef), 62.2 1 - 5 50 - 52 Ht. 18: Hines, M. Lohmann, Rasmussen, Kennett, 62.6 3 - 3 53 - 55

Series score (after Test 2 of 5): Great Britain 0-2 Denmark

* Mastrup was promoted to number 2 in place of Kristian Praestbro, and was not replaced. Milton Keynes Knights v Eastbourne Eagles Tuesday 19th September 1978 (National League)

Milton Keynes Knights 21 TOT BP 1. Bob Humphreys 2 3 5 0 2. Cliff Anderson 0 N 0 0 3. Derek Harrison 2 2 4 0 4. Phil Bass 0 0 0 0 5. Andy Grahame 3 3 6 0 6. Harry MacLean 2 1* 1* 4 2 7. Malcolm Holloway 1* 1 2 1

Eastbourne Eagles 21 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 1 2 3 0 2. Steve Naylor 3 1* 4 1 3. David Kennett 3 2 5 0 4. Roger Abel 2 F 2 0 5. Eric Dugard 1* 3 4 1 6. Paul Woods 3 FX 3 0 7. John Barker FX 0 0 0

Ht. 01: Naylor, Humphreys, Sampson, Anderson, 66.5 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: (awar) Woods, MacLean, Holloway, Barker (fell), no time 3 - 3 5 - 7 Ht. 03: Grahame, Abel, Dugard, Bass, 65.2 3 - 3 8 - 10 Ht. 04: Kennett, Harrison, MacLean, Barker, 66.2 3 - 3 11 - 13 Ht. 05: Grahame, Sampson, Naylor, Bass, 64.7 3 - 3 14 - 16 Ht. 06: (rerun) Humphreys, Kennett, Holloway, Woods (f, exc), 64.8 4 - 2 18 - 18 Ht. 07: (awar) Dugard, Harrison, MacLean, Abel (fell), no time 3 - 3 21 - 21

Meeting abandoned after heat 7 - track conditions.

Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - September Challenge Tom Owen (Holder) v Nicky Allott (Challenger), 3rd Leg Ht. 01: Owen, Allott, 64.6 Ht. 02: Owen, Allott, 64.9 Owen wins series 2-1 Eastbourne: Sussex Open Championship Sunday 24th September 1978

TOT POS 1. Mike Sampson (Eastbourne) 1 0 2 1 1 5 2. John Louis (Ipswich) 3 0 2 0 3 8 3. Steve Weatherley (White City) 2 1 2 2 2 9 4. Trevor Geer (White City) X 1 1 2 3 7 5. Billy Sanders (Ipswich) 3 2 3 1 2 11 3rd 6. Roger Abel (Eastbourne) 0 1 0 0 1 2 7. Kai Niemi (White City) 2 0 2 3 0 7 8. David Kennett (Eastbourne) 1 2 3 1 0 7 9. Jim McMillan (Wolverhampton) 3 1 EF 3 1 8 10. Terry Betts (King's Lynn) 2 3 0 0 2 7 11. Eric Dugard (Eastbourne) 1 2 1 2 1 7 12. Steve Naylor (Eastbourne) 0 0 R N N 0 13. John Davis (Reading) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 14. Roger Johns (Wimbledon) 0 2 1 2 0 5 15. Phil Crump (Bristol) 2 3 1 1 3 10 16. Gordon Kennett (White City) 1 3 3 3 2 12 2nd 17. Paul Woods (Eastbourne) (reserve) 0 0 0 18. John Barker (Eastbourne) (reserve) 0 0

Ht. 01: Louis, Weatherley, Sampson, Woods, Geer (exc), 60.4 Ht. 02: Sanders, Niemi, D. Kennett, Abel, 61.4 Ht. 03: McMillan, Betts, Dugard, Naylor, 61.6 Ht. 04: Davis, Crump, G. Kennett, Johns, 60.0 Ht. 05: Davis, Sanders, McMillan, Sampson, 60.4 Ht. 06: Betts, Johns, Abel, Louis, 61.0 Ht. 07: Crump, Dugard, Weatherley, Niemi, 61.0 Ht. 08: G. Kennett, D. Kennett, Geer, Naylor, 62.4 Ht. 09: G. Kennett, Sampson, Dugard, Abel, 60.2 Ht. 10: Sanders, Louis, Crump, Naylor (ret), 61.6 Ht. 11: D. Kennett, Weatherley, Johns, McMillan (ef), 62.0 Ht. 12: Davis, Niemi, Geer, Betts, 61.6 Ht. 13: Niemi, Johns, Sampson, Barker, 61.2 Ht. 14: Davis, Dugard, D. Kennett, Louis, 60.8 Ht. 15: G. Kennett, Weatherley, Sanders, Betts, 61.2 Ht. 16: McMillan, Geer, Crump, Abel, 61.8 Ht. 17: Crump, Betts, Sampson, D. Kennett, 62.4 Ht. 18: Louis, G. Kennett, McMillan, Niemi, 61.6 Ht. 19: Davis, Weatherley, Abel, Woods, 61.4 Ht. 20: Geer, Sanders, Dugard, Johns, 62.0 National League Table Up to and including Saturday 30th September Home Away Overall P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Canterbury 17 16 0 1 840 484 32 18 12 0 6 645 757 24 35 28 0 7 1597 1129 468 56 +22 2 Newcastle 17 15 0 2 808 515 30 18 12 2 4 649 753 26 35 27 2 6 1561 1164 397 56 +22 3 Rye House 16 16 0 0 816 432 32 19 8 0 11 782.5 695.5 16 35 24 0 11 1511.5 1214.5 297 48 +16 4 Ellesmere Port 19 19 0 0 896 560 38 17 5 0 12 708 616 10 36 24 0 12 1512 1268 244 48 +10 5 Eastbourne 18 18 0 0 944 450 36 14 5 1 8 555 537 11 32 23 1 8 1481 1005 476 47 +11 6 Peterborough 19 16 1 2 905 576 33 16 5 0 11 688 559 10 35 21 1 13 1464 1264 200 43 +5 7 Stoke 18 16 0 2 844 560 32 18 4 1 13 803 597 9 36 20 1 15 1441 1363 78 41 +5 8 Oxford 16 14 1 1 802.5 442.5 29 17 4 1 12 728 596 9 33 18 2 13 1398.5 1170.5 228 38 +6 9 Glasgow 18 16 0 2 799 598 32 19 2 1 16 931 547 5 37 18 1 18 1346 1529 -183 37 +1 10 Weymouth 19 14 0 5 835 643 28 18 2 0 16 796 598 4 37 16 0 21 1433 1439 -6 32 -6 11 Crayford 18 14 1 3 815 583 29 18 1 1 16 859 543 3 36 15 2 19 1358 1442 -84 32 -4 12 Berwick 18 16 0 2 863 539 32 19 0 0 19 993 481 0 37 16 0 21 1344 1532 -188 32 -4 13 Edinburgh 19 12 0 7 800 677 24 19 3 1 15 880 600 7 38 15 1 22 1400 1557 -157 31 -7 14 Mildenhall 18 12 0 6 807 595 24 17 3 0 14 711 611 6 35 15 0 20 1418 1306 112 30 -6 15 Workington 17 13 0 4 768 556 26 16 1 0 15 763 483 2 33 14 0 19 1251 1319 -68 28 -6 16 Boston 18 12 1 5 741 658 25 19 1 1 17 935 541 3 37 13 2 22 1282 1593 -311 28 -8 17 Milton Keynes 16 7 4 5 621 627 18 19 3 1 15 887 591 7 35 10 5 20 1212 1514 -302 25 -7 18 Teesside 19 11 0 8 769 710 22 18 1 0 17 896 506 2 37 12 0 25 1275 1606 -331 24 -14 19 Scunthorpe 17 8 1 8 668 655 17 19 0 1 18 913 544 1 36 8 2 26 1212 1568 -356 18 -16 20 Barrow 19 8 2 9 709.5 769.5 18 18 0 0 18 928.5 474.5 0 37 8 2 27 1184 1698 -514 18 -20 Eastbourne Eagles v Canterbury Crusaders Sunday 1st October 1978 (National League)

Eastbourne Eagles 48 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 0 2* 2* 3 7 2 2. Steve Naylor 1 3 3 3 10 0 3. David Kennett 2* 3 3 3 11 1 4. Roger Abel 0 2 0 2* 4 1 5. Eric Dugard 3 EF 3 2* 8 1 6. Paul Woods 3 3 1 7 0 7. John Barker 1 0 0 1 0

Canterbury Crusaders 29 TOT BP 1. Steve Koppe 2* 3 1* 1* X 7 3 2. Graham Clifton 3 F TS 1* 2 6 1 3. Mike Ferreira 0 N N 0 0 0 4. Les Rumsey 2 2 2 1 E 7 0 5. Dave Piddock 1* 0 EF N 1 1 6. Brendan Shilleto 0 0 TS 1 1 0 7. Barney Kennett 2 1 1 TS 2 1 7 0

Ht. 01: Clifton, Koppe, Naylor, Sampson, 61.6 1 - 5 1 - 5 Ht. 02: Woods, B. Kennett, Barker, Shilleto, 61.4 4 - 2 5 - 7 Ht. 03: Dugard, Rumsey, Piddock, Abel, 61.4 3 - 3 8 - 10 Ht. 04: Woods, D. Kennett, B. Kennett, Ferreira, 61.6 5 - 1 13 - 11 Ht. 05: Koppe, Abel, Dugard (ef), Clifton (fell), 62.0 2 - 3 15 - 14 Ht. 06: Naylor, Sampson, B. Kennett, Shilleto, 60.6 5 - 1 20 - 15 Ht. 07: D. Kennett, Rumsey, Woods, Piddock, 61.2 4 - 2 24 - 17 Ht. 08: Naylor, Rumsey, Koppe, Barker, 60.6 3 - 3 27 - 20 Ht. 09: Dugard, B. Kennett, Clifton, Abel, 61.2 3 - 3 30 - 23 Ht. 10: Naylor, Sampson, Rumsey, Piddock (ef), 61.6 5 - 1 35 - 24 Ht. 11: D. Kennett, Clifton, Koppe, Barker, 61.8 3 - 3 38 - 27 Ht. 12: Sampson, Abel, B. Kennett, Ferreira, 61.8 5 - 1 43 - 28 Ht. 13: D. Kennett, Dugard, Shilleto, Koppe (exc), Rumsey (exc, tapes), 61.6 5 - 1 48 - 29 Oxford Cheetahs v Eastbourne Eagles Thursday 5th October 1978 (National League)

Oxford Cheetahs 42 TOT BP 1. George Hunter 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 2. John Hack R/R 3. Carl Askew 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 4. James Moore EF FN N N 0 0 5. David Shields 1* 3 3 3 3 13 1 6. Pip Lamb 2 3 X 3 2 10 0 7. Les Sawyer 1* 1 0 N 0 2 1 8. John Homer 0 0 0

Eastbourne Eagles 36 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 0 2 1* 3 2 8 1 2. Steve Naylor 3 1* 2 1 7 1 3. David Kennett 2 2 2 2 2 10 0 4. Roger Abel 1* 0 TS FX 1 1 5. Eric Dugard 2 2 1* 1* 6 2 6. Paul Woods 3 0 1* TS 4 1 7. John Barker F N NS 0 0

Ht. 01: Naylor, Hunter, Shields, Sampson, 64.7 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Woods, Lamb, Sawyer, Barker (fell), 65.9 3 - 3 6 - 6 Ht. 03: Shields, Dugard, Abel, Moore (ef), 65.1 3 - 3 9 - 9 Ht. 04: Lamb, Kennett, Askew, Woods, 66.1 4 - 2 13 - 11 Ht. 05: (rerun) Shields, Sampson, Naylor (f, awar), Lamb (exc, unfair riding), Moore (f, ns), 65.0 3 - 3 16 - 14 Ht. 06: Hunter, Kennett, Woods, Askew, 65.6 3 - 3 19 - 17 Ht. 07: Lamb, Dugard, Askew, Abel, 66.1 4 - 2 23 - 19 Ht. 08: Hunter, Naylor, Sawyer, Barker (ns), (3 only) 66.0 4 - 2 27 - 21 Ht. 09: Shields, Kennett, Sampson, Sawyer, 65.3 3 - 3 30 - 24 Ht. 10: Hunter, Kennett, Dugard, Homer, 65.8 3 - 3 33 - 27 Ht. 11: Sampson, Lamb, Naylor, Askew, 65.9 2 - 4 35 - 31 Ht. 12: Hunter, Kennett, Dugard, Sawyer, 65.1 3 - 3 38 - 34 Ht. 13: Shields, Sampson, Askew, Abel (f, exc), 65.5 4 - 2 42 - 36 Canterbury Crusaders v Eastbourne Eagles Saturday 7th October 1978 (National League)

Canterbury Crusaders 45 TOT BP 1. Steve Koppe 3 3 3 0 9 0 2. Graham Clifton 1 1 0 1 3 0 3. Mike Ferreira 3 2 2 1 8 0 4. Les Rumsey 2 3 1 3 9 0 5. Brendan Shilleto 1* 2* 3 3 9 2 6. Barney Kennett 1* 1 1* 3 2 7. Dave Piddock 2 1 1* 4 1

Eastbourne Eagles 33 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2 1 0 3 2 8 0 2. Steve Naylor 0 0 TS 0 0 0 3. David Kennett 2 2 2* 2 1* 9 2 4. Roger Abel 0 0 N N 0 0 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 3 FX 2 11 0 6. Ian Fletcher 0 0 TS 0 0 7. Paul Woods 3 0 TS 2 R 5 0

Ht. 01: Koppe, Sampson, Clifton, Naylor, 72.0 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: Woods, Piddock, B. Kennett, Fletcher (f, rem), 72.2 3 - 3 7 - 5 Ht. 03: Dugard, Rumsey, Shilleto, Abel, 71.8 3 - 3 10 - 8 Ht. 04: Ferreira, D. Kennett, B. Kennett, Woods, 72.4 4 - 2 14 - 10 Ht. 05: Rumsey, Shilleto, Sampson, Naylor, 71.6 5 - 1 19 - 11 Ht. 06: Koppe, D. Kennett, Clifton, Fletcher, 72.0 4 - 2 23 - 13 Ht. 07: Dugard, Ferreira, B. Kennett, Abel, 73.0 3 - 3 26 - 16 Ht. 08: Dugard, D. Kennett, Piddock, Clifton, 73.0 1 - 5 27 - 21 Ht. 09: Shilleto, D. Kennett, Rumsey, Sampson, 72.2 4 - 2 31 - 23 Ht. 10: (rerun) Koppe, Woods, Clifton, Dugard (f, exc), 72.8 4 - 2 35 - 25 Ht. 11: Sampson, Ferreira, Piddock, Naylor, 73.6 3 - 3 38 - 28 Ht. 12: Rumsey, Dugard, D. Kennett, Koppe, 72.6 3 - 3 41 - 31 Ht. 13: Shilleto, Sampson, Ferreira, Woods (ret), 72.4 4 - 2 45 - 33 Eastbourne Eagles v Poole Pirates Sunday 8th October 1978 (Colin Gooddy Testimonial)

Eastbourne Eagles 42 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 1* 2* 2 EF 0 5 2 2. Trevor Geer (guest) 2 3 1* 1 7 1 3. David Kennett 1 2 2 1* 1 7 1 4. Steve Weatherley (guest) 3 1* 2 2 8 1 5. Eric Dugard 1 FX 1* 3 5 1 6. Roger Abel 0 2 2 1 5 0 7. Steve Naylor 3 1* 4 1 8. John Barker 0 1* 1 1

Poole Pirates 47 TOT BP 1. Malcolm Simmons 0 EF N 0 0 0 2. Mike Curoso 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 3. Christer Sjosten 2* 0 0 2* 4 2 4. Martin Yeates 3 3 3 3 2* 14 1 5. Neil Middleditch 2 1 3 2 8 0 6. Andrzej Tkocz 0 0 3 0 3 0 7. Paul Woods (guest) 2 0 0 2 0 8. Colin Ackroyd (guest) 1* 0 1 1

Ht. 01: Curoso, Geer, Sampson, Simmons, 61.6 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Weatherley, Middleditch, Kennett, Tkocz, 62.2 4 - 2 7 - 5 Ht. 03: Yeates, Sjosten, Dugard, Abel, 60.6 1 - 5 8 - 10 Ht. 04: Naylor, Woods, Ackroyd, Barker, 61.4 3 - 3 11 - 13 Ht. 05: Geer, Sampson, Middleditch, Tkocz, 61.8 5 - 1 16 - 14 Ht. 06: Yeates, Kennett, Weatherley, Sjosten, 60.8 3 - 3 19 - 17 Ht. 07: (rerun) Curoso, Abel, Simmons (ef), Dugard (f, exc), 61.8 2 - 3 21 - 20 Ht. 08: Yeates, Weatherley, Naylor, Woods, 61.6 3 - 3 24 - 23 Ht. 09: Curoso, Sampson, Dugard, Sjosten, 61.0 3 - 3 27 - 26 Ht. 10: Middleditch, Kennett, Geer, Woods, 61.2 3 - 3 30 - 29 Ht. 11: Tkocz, Abel, Barker, Ackroyd, 63.2 3 - 3 33 - 32 Ht. 12: Yeates, Sjosten, Geer, Sampson (ef), 61.4 1 - 5 34 - 37 Ht. 13: Curoso, Weatherley, Kennett, Simmons, 61.4 3 - 3 37 - 40 Ht. 14: Dugard, Middleditch, Abel, Tkocz, 62.8 4 - 2 41 - 42 Ht. 15: Curoso, Yeates, Kennett, Sampson, 62.0 1 - 5 42 - 47 Stoke Potters v Eastbourne Eagles Saturday 14th October 1978 (National League)

Stoke Potters 48 TOT BP 1. John Harrhy 3 2* 0 0 5 1 2. Stuart Mountford EF 3 3 1 7 0 3. Tony Lomas 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Ian Gledhill 2* 2* 2* 3 9 3 5. Ian Robertson 3 3 3 1 10 0 6. Frank Smith 3 2* 0 5 1 7. Tim Curnock 0 0 0 0 0

Eastbourne Eagles 30 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2 1 1 2* 2 2 10 1 2. Steve Naylor 1* 0 2 1 1* 5 2 3. David Kennett R/R 4. Roger Abel 0 1* TS N 1 1 5. Eric Dugard 1 0 2 1* 3 2 9 1 6. Paul Woods 2 0 0 2 0 7. John Barker 1* 1 TS 1* 0 3 2

Ht. 01: Harrhy, Sampson, Naylor, Mountford (ef), 69.7 3 - 3 3 - 3 Ht. 02: Smith, Woods, Barker, Curnock, 69.5 3 - 3 6 - 6 Ht. 03: Robertson, Gledhill, Dugard, Abel, 69.5 5 - 1 11 - 7 Ht. 04: Lomas, Smith, Barker, Dugard, 70.2 5 - 1 16 - 8 Ht. 05: Robertson, Gledhill, Sampson, Naylor, 69.4 5 - 1 21 - 9 Ht. 06: Mountford, Harrhy, Sampson, Woods, 70.1 5 - 1 26 - 10 Ht. 07: Lomas, Dugard, Abel, Smith, 69.4 3 - 3 29 - 13 Ht. 08: Mountford, Naylor, Dugard, Curnock, 70.3 3 - 3 32 - 16 Ht. 09: Robertson, Gledhill, Naylor, Woods, 70.1 5 - 1 37 - 17 Ht. 10: Dugard, Sampson, Mountford, Harrhy, 70.1 1 - 5 38 - 22 Ht. 11: Lomas, Sampson, Naylor, Curnock, 69.3 3 - 3 41 - 25 Ht. 12: Gledhill, Dugard, Barker, Harrhy, 70.2 3 - 3 44 - 28 Ht. 13: Lomas, Sampson, Robertson, Barker, 70.2 4 - 2 48 - 30 Canterbury: Saturday 14th October 1978

Canterbury Crusaders 48 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 30 Canterbury are National League champions.

National League Table Up to and including Saturday 14th October Home Away Overall P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Canterbury 19 18 0 1 933 547 36 19 12 0 7 693 786 24 38 30 0 8 1719 1240 479 60 +22 2 Newcastle 19 17 0 2 912 567 34 19 12 2 5 694 786 26 38 29 2 7 1698 1261 437 60 +22 3 Rye House 18 18 0 0 907 496 36 19 8 0 11 782.5 695.5 16 37 26 0 11 1602.5 1278.5 324 52 +16 4 Eastbourne 19 19 0 0 992 479 38 17 5 1 11 690 636 11 36 24 1 11 1628 1169 459 49 +11 5 Ellesmere Port 19 19 0 0 896 560 38 18 5 0 13 758 644 10 37 24 0 13 1540 1318 222 48 +10 6 Peterborough 19 16 1 2 905 576 33 19 6 0 13 807 673 12 38 22 1 15 1578 1383 195 45 +7 7 Oxford 19 16 2 1 933.5 545.5 34 19 4 2 13 813 666 10 38 20 4 14 1599.5 1358.5 241 44 +6 8 Stoke 19 17 0 2 892 590 34 18 4 1 13 803 597 9 37 21 1 15 1489 1393 96 43 +5 9 Glasgow 19 17 0 2 850 625 34 19 2 1 16 931 547 5 38 19 1 18 1397 1556 -159 39 +1 10 Crayford 19 15 1 3 864 612 31 18 1 1 16 859 543 3 37 16 2 19 1407 1471 -64 34 -4 11 Berwick 19 17 0 2 908 572 34 19 0 0 19 993 481 0 38 17 0 21 1389 1565 -176 34 -4 12 Mildenhall 19 13 0 6 858 622 26 19 3 1 15 798 680 7 38 16 1 21 1538 1420 118 33 -5 13 Weymouth 19 14 0 5 835 643 28 19 2 0 17 847 625 4 38 16 0 22 1460 1490 -30 32 -6 14 Edinburgh 19 12 0 7 800 677 24 19 3 1 15 880 600 7 38 15 1 22 1400 1557 -157 31 -7 15 Workington 17 13 0 4 768 556 26 19 1 0 18 905 575 2 36 14 0 22 1343 1461 -118 28 -6 16 Boston 19 12 1 6 767 709 25 19 1 1 17 935 541 3 38 13 2 23 1308 1644 -336 28 -10 17 Milton Keynes 17 7 5 5 660 666 19 19 3 1 15 887 591 7 36 10 6 20 1251 1553 -302 26 -8 18 Teesside 19 11 0 8 769 710 22 19 1 0 18 952 528 2 38 12 0 26 1297 1662 -365 24 -14 19 Scunthorpe 18 9 1 8 710 691 19 19 0 1 18 913 544 1 37 9 2 26 1254 1604 -350 20 -16 20 Barrow 19 8 2 9 709.5 769.5 18 18 0 0 18 928.5 474.5 0 37 8 2 27 1184 1698 -514 18 -20 Eastbourne Eagles v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 15th October 1978 (Challenge)

Eastbourne Eagles 45 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 1 3 1 3 8 0 2. Steve Naylor 3 2* 3 3 11 1 3. David Kennett 3 2 1 2* 8 1 4. Roger Abel 1* 0 1 0 2 1 5. Eric Dugard 2 2 3 3 10 0 6. Paul Woods 3 2* 1* 0 6 2 7. John Barker F 0 N 0 0

Newcastle Diamonds 32 TOT BP 1. Steve Weatherley (guest) 2 3 3 2 3 1 14 0 2. Graeme Stapleton 0 1 3 2 2 2* 10 1 3. Robbie Blackadder 0 1 0 2 3 0 4. Colin Ackroyd (loanee) 0 0 0 N 0 0 5. Robbie Gardner R/R 6. Neil Coddington 2 0 TS 0 2 0 7. Rod Hunter EF 1 1* 2 1 8. Ian Fletcher (loanee) 1* 1 1

Ht. 01: Naylor, Weatherley, Sampson, Stapleton, 61.6 4 - 2 4 - 2 Ht. 02: Woods, Coddington, Hunter (ef), Barker (fell), 63.6 3 - 2 7 - 4 Ht. 03: Weatherley, Dugard, Abel, Ackroyd, 62.4 3 - 3 10 - 7 Ht. 04: Kennett, Woods, Hunter, Blackadder, 62.8 5 - 1 15 - 8 Ht. 05: Weatherley, Dugard, Stapleton, Abel, 62.2 2 - 4 17 - 12 Ht. 06: Sampson, Naylor, Blackadder, Coddington, 62.8 5 - 1 22 - 13 Ht. 07: Stapleton, Kennett, Woods, Ackroyd, 63.0 3 - 3 25 - 16 Ht. 08: Naylor, Stapleton, Hunter, Barker, 61.4 3 - 3 28 - 19 Ht. 09: Dugard, Weatherley, Abel, Blackadder, 61.4 4 - 2 32 - 21 Ht. 10: Naylor, Stapleton, Sampson, Ackroyd, 61.4 4 - 2 36 - 23 Ht. 11: Weatherley, Stapleton, Kennett, Woods, 62.0 1 - 5 37 - 28 Ht. 12: Sampson, Blackadder, Fletcher, Abel, 62.2 3 - 3 40 - 31 Ht. 13: Dugard, Kennett, Weatherley, Coddington, 61.8 5 - 1 45 - 32 Scunthorpe Saints v Eastbourne Eagles Monday 16th October 1978 (National League)

Scunthorpe Saints 37 TOT BP 1. Nicky Allott 2 3 3 3 11 0 2. Trevor Whiting 0 1 1* 0 2 1 3. John McNeill 3 3 2 2 10 0 4. Phil White 2 0 0 N 2 0 5. Arthur Browning 0 1 N 0 1 0 6. John Priest 2 1 0 3 0 7. Mick Handley 1* 2 3 1* 1 8 2

Eastbourne Eagles 41 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 1 2* 3 1 7 1 2. Steve Naylor 3 3 3 M 9 0 3. David Kennett 2 EF 2 EF 4 0 4. Roger Abel N 1* N 3 4 1 5. Eric Dugard 3 2 2 2 9 0 6. Paul Woods 3 1 2 1* 1* 8 2 7. John Barker 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ht. 01: Naylor, Allott, Sampson, Whiting, 81.6 2 - 4 2 - 4 Ht. 02: Woods, Priest, Handley, Barker, 82.0 3 - 3 5 - 7 Ht. 03: Dugard, White, Woods, Browning, 81.2 2 - 4 7 - 11 Ht. 04: McNeill, Kennett, Priest, Barker, 80.2 4 - 2 11 - 13 Ht. 05: Naylor, Sampson, Browning, White, 81.0 1 - 5 12 - 18 Ht. 06: Allott, Woods, Whiting, Kennett (ef), 82.0 4 - 2 16 - 20 Ht. 07: McNeill, Dugard, Abel, Priest, 80.2 3 - 3 19 - 23 Ht. 08: Naylor, Handley, Whiting, Barker, 81.0 3 - 3 22 - 26 Ht. 09: Handley, Kennett, Woods, White, 81.0 3 - 3 25 - 29 Ht. 10: Allott, Dugard, Woods, Whiting, 79.8 3 - 3 28 - 32 Ht. 11: Sampson, McNeill, Handley, Barker, Naylor (exc, 2 mins), 79.6 3 - 3 31 - 35 Ht. 12: Allott, Dugard, Handley, Kennett (ef), 80.0 4 - 2 35 - 37 Ht. 13: Abel, McNeill, Sampson, Browning, 80.0 2 - 4 37 - 41 Milton Keynes Knights v Eastbourne Eagles Tuesday 17th October 1978 (National League)

Milton Keynes Knights 42 TOT BP 1. Bob Humphreys 3 2* 3 3 11 1 2. Malcolm Holloway 2* 3 1 1 7 1 3. Derek Harrison 3 2 3 3 11 0 4. Cliff Anderson 0 N 0 2* 2 1 5. Andy Grahame 1 1* 2 0 4 1 6. Harry MacLean 1 1 0 2 0 7. Chris Robins 3 2 0 0 5 0

Eastbourne Eagles 35 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 1 3 3 2 1* 10 1 2. Steve Naylor F N TS N 0 0 3. David Kennett R R 2* 3 R 5 1 4. Roger Abel 2* 1 0 2 5 1 5. Eric Dugard 3 3 2 X 8 0 6. Paul Woods 2 2 1 1 1* 7 1 7. John Barker 0 N 0 TS 0 0

Ht. 01: Humphreys, Holloway, Sampson, Naylor (fell), no time 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Robins, Woods, MacLean, Barker, 66.0 4 - 2 9 - 3 Ht. 03: Dugard, Abel, Grahame, Anderson, 65.8 1 - 5 10 - 8 Ht. 04: Harrison, Woods, MacLean, Kennett (ret), 64.7 4 - 2 14 - 10 Ht. 05: Sampson, Robins, Grahame, Barker, 66.0 3 - 3 17 - 13 Ht. 06: Holloway, Humphreys, Woods, Kennett (ret), 64.7 5 - 1 22 - 14 Ht. 07: Dugard, Harrison, Abel, MacLean, 64.8 2 - 4 24 - 18 Ht. 08: Sampson, Kennett, Holloway, Robins, 65.0 1 - 5 25 - 23 Ht. 09: Kennett, Grahame, Woods, Anderson, 65.7 2 - 4 27 - 27 Ht. 10: Humphreys, Dugard, Holloway, Abel, 65.4 4 - 2 31 - 29 Ht. 11: Harrison, Sampson, Woods, Robins, 65.4 3 - 3 34 - 32 Ht. 12: Humphreys, Anderson, Kennett (ret), Dugard (exc, foul riding), 66.4 5 - 0 39 - 32 Ht. 13: Harrison, Abel, Sampson, Grahame, 65.0 3 - 3 42 - 35

Note: This match was the second half of a double header. Eastbourne Eagles v Rye House Rockets Sunday 22nd October 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup Final, 1st Leg)

Eastbourne Eagles 46 TOT BP 1. Mike Sampson 2* 2* 2 3 9 2 2. Steve Naylor 3 3 3 0 9 0 3. David Kennett 3 3 2 2 10 0 4. Roger Abel 1* 3 2* 0 6 2 5. Eric Dugard 2 2* 3 1* 8 2 6. Paul Woods 3 0 0 1* 4 1 7. Ian Fletcher 0 0 N 0 0

Rye House Rockets 32 TOT BP 1. Ted Hubbard FX 1 0 3 3 7 0 2. Karl Fiala 1 0 TS 0 1 0 3. Kelvin Mullarkey 1* 1 FX 1 1* 4 2 4. Hugh Saunders 0 1* TS N 1 1 5. Bob Garrad 3 2 1* 3 2 11 1 6. Kevin Smith 1* TS 1 2 1 7. Ashley Pullen 2 2 2 0 6 0

Ht. 01: (rerun) Naylor, Sampson, Fiala, Hubbard (f, exc), 62.0 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Woods, Pullen, Smith, Fletcher, 62.6 3 - 3 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Garrad, Dugard, Abel, Saunders, 61.8 3 - 3 11 - 7 Ht. 04: Kennett, Pullen, Mullarkey, Woods, 61.2 3 - 3 14 - 10 Ht. 05: Abel, Dugard, Hubbard, Fiala, 62.2 5 - 1 19 - 11 Ht. 06: Naylor, Sampson, Mullarkey, Hubbard, 61.6 5 - 1 24 - 12 Ht. 07: Kennett, Garrad, Saunders, Woods, 61.2 3 - 3 27 - 15 Ht. 08: Naylor, Pullen, Garrad, Fletcher, 62.2 3 - 3 30 - 18 Ht. 09: (rerun) Dugard, Abel, Smith, Mullarkey (f, exc), 63.4 5 - 1 35 - 19 Ht. 10: Garrad, Sampson, Mullarkey, Naylor, 62.8 2 - 4 37 - 23 Ht. 11: Hubbard, Kennett, Woods, Fiala, 63.0 3 - 3 40 - 26 Ht. 12: Sampson, Garrad, Mullarkey, Abel, 62.6 3 - 3 43 - 29 Ht. 13: Hubbard, Kennett, Dugard, Pullen, 62.6 3 - 3 46 - 32 Rye House Rockets v Eastbourne Eagles Sunday 29th October 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup Final, 2nd Leg)

Rye House Rockets 41 TOT BP 1. Ted Hubbard 2* 3 2 3 10 1 2. Karl Fiala 3 0 0 1* 4 1 3. Kelvin Mullarkey 3 2 2 2 9 0 4. Hugh Saunders 1* 2* 0 2* 5 3 5. Bob Garrad 2 3 3 1* 9 1 6. Ashley Pullen 0 N 0 0 0 7. Kevin Smith 3 F 1 0 4 0

Eastbourne Eagles 37 TOT BP 1. Steve Naylor 1 1 1 0 3 0 2. Mike Sampson 0 0 3 3 6 0 3. David Kennett 2 2 2 1 7 0 4. Eric Dugard 3 3 2* R 3 11 1 5. Roger Abel 0 1 3 0 4 0 6. Ian Fletcher 1* 1* N 2 2 7. Paul Woods 2 1* TS 1* 4 2

Ht. 01: Fiala, Hubbard, Naylor, Sampson, 62.4 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Smith, Woods, Fletcher, Pullen, 62.6 3 - 3 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Dugard, Garrad, Saunders, Abel, 63.2 3 - 3 11 - 7 Ht. 04: Mullarkey, Kennett, Woods, Smith (fell), 63.2 3 - 3 14 - 10 Ht. 05: Garrad, Saunders, Naylor, Sampson, 63.0 5 - 1 19 - 11 Ht. 06: Hubbard, Kennett, Fletcher, Fiala (f, rem), 63.6 3 - 3 22 - 14 Ht. 07: Dugard, Mullarkey, Abel, Pullen, 63.4 2 - 4 24 - 18 Ht. 08: (rerun) Sampson, Dugard, Smith, Fiala, 63.4 1 - 5 25 - 23 Ht. 09: Garrad, Kennett, Woods, Saunders, 63.0 3 - 3 28 - 26 Ht. 10: Abel, Hubbard, Fiala, Dugard (ret), 63.2 3 - 3 31 - 29 Ht. 11: Sampson, Mullarkey, Naylor, Smith, 63.6 2 - 4 33 - 33 Ht. 12: Hubbard, Saunders, Kennett, Abel, 64.0 5 - 1 38 - 34 Ht. 13: Dugard, Mullarkey, Garrad, Naylor, 64.4 3 - 3 41 - 37

Eastbourne win 83-73 on aggregate. National League Final Table Home Away Overall P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Canterbury 19 18 0 1 933 547 36 19 12 0 7 693 786 24 38 30 0 8 1719 1240 479 60 +22 2 Newcastle 19 17 0 2 912 567 34 19 12 2 5 694 786 26 38 29 2 7 1698 1261 437 60 +22 3 Rye House 19 19 0 0 955 526 38 19 8 0 11 782.5 695.5 16 38 27 0 11 1650.5 1308.5 342 54 +16 4 Eastbourne 19 19 0 0 992 479 38 19 6 1 12 769 712 13 38 25 1 12 1704 1248 456 51 +13 5 Ellesmere Port 19 19 0 0 896 560 38 19 5 0 14 799 680 10 38 24 0 14 1576 1359 217 48 +10 6 Peterborough 19 16 1 2 905 576 33 19 6 0 13 807 673 12 38 22 1 15 1578 1383 195 45 +7 7 Oxford 19 16 2 1 933.5 545.5 34 19 4 2 13 813 666 10 38 20 4 14 1599.5 1358.5 241 44 +6 8 Stoke 19 17 0 2 892 590 34 19 4 1 14 843 635 9 38 21 1 16 1527 1433 94 43 +5 9 Glasgow 19 17 0 2 850 625 34 19 2 1 16 931 547 5 38 19 1 18 1397 1556 -159 39 +1 10 Crayford 19 15 1 3 864 612 31 19 1 1 17 907 573 3 38 16 2 20 1437 1519 -82 34 -4 11 Berwick 19 17 0 2 908 572 34 19 0 0 19 993 481 0 38 17 0 21 1389 1565 -176 34 -4 12 Mildenhall 19 13 0 6 858 622 26 19 3 1 15 798 680 7 38 16 1 21 1538 1420 118 33 -5 13 Weymouth 19 14 0 5 835 643 28 19 2 0 17 847 625 4 38 16 0 22 1460 1490 -30 32 -6 14 Workington 19 15 0 4 849 630 30 19 1 0 18 905 575 2 38 16 0 22 1424 1535 -111 32 -6 15 Edinburgh 19 12 0 7 800 677 24 19 3 1 15 880 600 7 38 15 1 22 1400 1557 -157 31 -7 16 Milton Keynes 19 9 5 5 759 721 23 19 3 1 15 887 591 7 38 12 6 20 1350 1608 -258 30 -8 17 Boston 19 12 1 6 767 709 25 19 1 1 17 935 541 3 38 13 2 23 1308 1644 -336 28 -10 18 Teesside 19 11 0 8 769 710 22 19 1 0 18 952 528 2 38 12 0 26 1297 1662 -365 24 -14 19 Scunthorpe 19 9 1 9 747 732 19 19 0 1 18 913 544 1 38 9 2 27 1291 1645 -354 20 -18 20 Barrow 19 8 2 9 709.5 769.5 18 19 0 0 19 985.5 494.5 0 38 8 2 28 1204 1755 -551 18 -20 Eastbourne 1978 - Requirements YB entry My entry Ref # Date Home Away or Meeting Title Event YB # Rider Requirement RPBRPB 45 25/03/1978 Canterbury Eastbourne CH Eastbourne #8 196 21/04/1978 Ellesmere Port Eastbourne NL Eastbourne #8 400 27/05/1978 Canterbury Can v Cra v Eas v Rye 4TT Canterbury reserve 405 28/05/1978 Eastbourne Eas v Rye v Cra v Can 4TT Rye House reserve 456 05/06/1978 Newcastle Eastbourne NL Newcastle #8 731 23/07/1978 Eastbourne Boston NL 21 Dave Allen 4 8 0 5 8 0 Ht 13: Allen exc, tapes? 814 06/08/1978 Eastbourne Peterborough KOC Peterborough #8 941 27/08/1978 Eastbourne Rye House NL See Req.1 986 03/09/1978 Eastbourne Eas v WhC v Sth v Wim 4TT White City & Southern Tigers reserves 1112 24/09/1978 Eastbourne Sussex Open IND Ht 01: reason for Geer exclusion 1191 07/10/1978 Canterbury ChampionshipEastbourne NL 37 Barney Kennett 4 4 2 3 3 2 Hts 1/6/10 - Clifton 3rd in all 3 heats? 1191 07/10/1978 Canterbury Eastbourne NL 37 Graham Clifton 3 2 0 4 3 0 1231 14/10/1978 Stoke Eastbourne NL Eastbourne #8

Req.1: Heat 05: Incorrect result published. Confirm result as Naylor, Dugard, Hubbard, Garrad and obtain heat time.

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